Use the ptdesc APIs for all page table allocation and free sites to
allow their separate allocation from struct page in the future.

Update split_large_page() to allocate a ptdesc instead of allocating a
page for use as a page table.

Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 17c1c28e3491..cba907c39718 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -1119,9 +1119,10 @@ static void split_set_pte(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *pte, unsigned long pfn,
 
 static int
 __split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
-		   struct page *base)
+		   struct ptdesc *ptdesc)
 {
 	unsigned long lpaddr, lpinc, ref_pfn, pfn, pfninc = 1;
+	struct page *base = ptdesc_page(ptdesc);
 	pte_t *pbase = (pte_t *)page_address(base);
 	unsigned int i, level;
 	pgprot_t ref_prot;
@@ -1226,18 +1227,18 @@ __split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
 static int split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte,
 			    unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *base;
+	struct ptdesc *ptdesc;
 
 	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled())
 		spin_unlock(&cpa_lock);
-	base = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+	ptdesc = pagetable_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled())
 		spin_lock(&cpa_lock);
-	if (!base)
+	if (!ptdesc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (__split_large_page(cpa, kpte, address, base))
-		__free_page(base);
+	if (__split_large_page(cpa, kpte, address, ptdesc))
+		pagetable_free(ptdesc);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.53.0

The following commit has been merged into the x86/mm branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e751303e0ad2e998f421d104193f6904df3516d1
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e751303e0ad2e998f421d104193f6904df3516d1
Author:        Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:48:27 -08:00
Committer:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
CommitterDate: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:08:54 -08:00

x86/mm/pat: Convert split_large_page() to use ptdescs

Use the ptdesc APIs for all page table allocation and free sites to
allow their separate allocation from struct page in the future.

Update split_large_page() to allocate a ptdesc instead of allocating a
page for use as a page table.

Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303194828.1406905-5-vishal.moola@gmail.com
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 17c1c28..cba907c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -1119,9 +1119,10 @@ set:
 
 static int
 __split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
-		   struct page *base)
+		   struct ptdesc *ptdesc)
 {
 	unsigned long lpaddr, lpinc, ref_pfn, pfn, pfninc = 1;
+	struct page *base = ptdesc_page(ptdesc);
 	pte_t *pbase = (pte_t *)page_address(base);
 	unsigned int i, level;
 	pgprot_t ref_prot;
@@ -1226,18 +1227,18 @@ __split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
 static int split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte,
 			    unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *base;
+	struct ptdesc *ptdesc;
 
 	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled())
 		spin_unlock(&cpa_lock);
-	base = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+	ptdesc = pagetable_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled())
 		spin_lock(&cpa_lock);
-	if (!base)
+	if (!ptdesc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (__split_large_page(cpa, kpte, address, base))
-		__free_page(base);
+	if (__split_large_page(cpa, kpte, address, ptdesc))
+		pagetable_free(ptdesc);
 
 	return 0;
 }