Re: [PATCHv4] mm: Don't offset memmap for flatmem

From: Tony Luck
Date: Mon Nov 09 2015 - 18:21:05 EST


> @@ -4984,9 +4987,9 @@ static void __init_refok alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
> */
> if (pgdat == NODE_DATA(0)) {
> mem_map = NODE_DATA(0)->node_mem_map;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
> +#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP) || defined(CONFIG_FLATMEM)
> if (page_to_pfn(mem_map) != pgdat->node_start_pfn)
> - mem_map -= (pgdat->node_start_pfn - ARCH_PFN_OFFSET);
> + mem_map -= offset;
> #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP */
> }
> #endif

This piece breaks ia64. See the comment earlier in the function
that "ia64 gets its own node_mem_map" ... so we skip the initialization
of offset ... and arrive down here and just subtract "0" from mem_map.

Attached patch fixes ia64 ... does ARM still work if this is applied?

-Tony
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 208e4c7e771b..c4705095a516 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5266,6 +5266,7 @@ static void __paginginit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat)

static void __init_refok alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
{
+ unsigned long __maybe_unused start = 0;
unsigned long __maybe_unused offset = 0;

/* Skip empty nodes */
@@ -5273,9 +5274,11 @@ static void __init_refok alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
return;

#ifdef CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP
+ start = pgdat->node_start_pfn & ~(MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1);
+ offset = pgdat->node_start_pfn - start;
/* ia64 gets its own node_mem_map, before this, without bootmem */
if (!pgdat->node_mem_map) {
- unsigned long size, start, end;
+ unsigned long size, end;
struct page *map;

/*
@@ -5284,7 +5287,6 @@ static void __init_refok alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
* for the buddy allocator to function correctly.
*/
start = pgdat->node_start_pfn & ~(MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1);
- offset = pgdat->node_start_pfn - start;
end = pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat);
end = ALIGN(end, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
size = (end - start) * sizeof(struct page);