[PATCH] memblock: fix kernel-doc for MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Tue Aug 26 2025 - 03:21:52 EST


From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

The kernel-doc description of MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT and
memblock_reserved_mark_noinit() do not accurately describe their
functionality.

Expand their kernel doc to make it clear that the user of
MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT is responsible to properly initialize the struct pages
for such regions and add more details about effects of using this flag.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memblock.h | 5 +++--
mm/memblock.c | 15 +++++++++++----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index b96746376e17..fcda8481de9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
* via a driver, and never indicated in the firmware-provided memory map as
* system RAM. This corresponds to IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED in the
* kernel resource tree.
- * @MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT: memory region for which struct pages are
- * not initialized (only for reserved regions).
+ * @MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT: reserved memory region for which struct pages are not
+ * fully initialized. Users of this flag are responsible to properly initialize
+ * struct pages of this region
* @MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN: memory region that is reserved for kernel use,
* either explictitly with memblock_reserve_kern() or via memblock
* allocation APIs. All memblock allocations set this flag.
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 154f1d73b61f..46b411fb3630 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1091,13 +1091,20 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_clear_nomap(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)

/**
* memblock_reserved_mark_noinit - Mark a reserved memory region with flag
- * MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT which results in the struct pages not being initialized
- * for this region.
+ * MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT
+ *
* @base: the base phys addr of the region
* @size: the size of the region
*
- * struct pages will not be initialized for reserved memory regions marked with
- * %MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT.
+ * The struct pages for the reserved regions marked %MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT will
+ * not be fully initialized to allow the caller optimize their initialization.
+ *
+ * When %CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is enabled, setting this flag
+ * completely bypasses the initialization of struct pages for such region.
+ *
+ * When %CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is disabled, struct pages in this
+ * region will be initialized with default values but won't be marked as
+ * reserved.
*
* Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
*/
--
2.50.1