[PATCH v3 16/19] mm/hugetlb: Remove obsolete bootmem cross-zone checks
From: Muchun Song
Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 06:27:04 EST
Bootmem gigantic HugeTLB pages used to be validated again during
gather_bootmem_prealloc_node() and any cross-zone pages were discarded
there.
That validation is no longer needed. Cross-zone bootmem gigantic pages
are now detected during allocation and freed before they reach the later
bootmem gathering path, so the remaining pages are already zone-valid.
Remove the obsolete cross-zone validation, invalid-page freeing, and the
associated discarded-page accounting.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 --
mm/hugetlb.c | 70 -----------------------------------------
2 files changed, 73 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 09f28dd773b7..f68a390d43bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -678,9 +678,6 @@ struct hstate {
#define HUGE_BOOTMEM_ZONES_VALID 0x0002
#define HUGE_BOOTMEM_CMA 0x0004
-struct huge_bootmem_page;
-bool hugetlb_bootmem_page_zones_valid(int nid, struct huge_bootmem_page *m);
-
int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_folio(struct folio *folio, struct list_head *list);
int replace_free_hugepage_folios(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn);
void wait_for_freed_hugetlb_folios(void);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 218fb1ca45f4..47c3d6d11c58 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ struct hstate hstates[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
__initdata nodemask_t hugetlb_bootmem_nodes;
__initdata struct list_head huge_boot_pages[MAX_NUMNODES];
-static unsigned long hstate_boot_nrinvalid[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE] __initdata;
/*
* Due to ordering constraints across the init code for various
@@ -3221,57 +3220,6 @@ static void __init prep_and_add_bootmem_folios(struct hstate *h,
}
}
-bool __init hugetlb_bootmem_page_zones_valid(int nid,
- struct huge_bootmem_page *m)
-{
- unsigned long start_pfn;
- bool valid;
-
- if (m->flags & HUGE_BOOTMEM_ZONES_VALID) {
- /*
- * Already validated, skip check.
- */
- return true;
- }
-
- if (hugetlb_bootmem_page_earlycma(m)) {
- valid = cma_validate_zones(m->cma);
- goto out;
- }
-
- start_pfn = virt_to_phys(m) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
- valid = !pfn_range_intersects_zones(nid, start_pfn,
- pages_per_huge_page(m->hstate));
-out:
- if (!valid)
- hstate_boot_nrinvalid[hstate_index(m->hstate)]++;
-
- return valid;
-}
-
-/*
- * Free a bootmem page that was found to be invalid (intersecting with
- * multiple zones).
- *
- * Since it intersects with multiple zones, we can't just do a free
- * operation on all pages at once, but instead have to walk all
- * pages, freeing them one by one.
- */
-static void __init hugetlb_bootmem_free_invalid_page(int nid, struct page *page,
- struct hstate *h)
-{
- unsigned long npages = pages_per_huge_page(h);
- unsigned long pfn;
-
- while (npages--) {
- pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
- __init_page_from_nid(pfn, nid);
- free_reserved_page(page);
- page++;
- }
-}
-
/*
* Put bootmem huge pages into the standard lists after mem_map is up.
* Note: This only applies to gigantic (order > MAX_PAGE_ORDER) pages.
@@ -3287,17 +3235,6 @@ static void __init gather_bootmem_prealloc_node(unsigned long nid)
struct folio *folio = (void *)page;
h = m->hstate;
- if (!hugetlb_bootmem_page_zones_valid(nid, m)) {
- /*
- * Can't use this page. Initialize the
- * page structures if that hasn't already
- * been done, and give them to the page
- * allocator.
- */
- hugetlb_bootmem_free_invalid_page(nid, page, h);
- continue;
- }
-
/*
* It is possible to have multiple huge page sizes (hstates)
* in this list. If so, process each size separately.
@@ -3692,20 +3629,13 @@ static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)
static void __init report_hugepages(void)
{
struct hstate *h;
- unsigned long nrinvalid;
for_each_hstate(h) {
char buf[32];
- nrinvalid = hstate_boot_nrinvalid[hstate_index(h)];
- h->max_huge_pages -= nrinvalid;
-
string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, 32);
pr_info("HugeTLB: registered %s page size, pre-allocated %ld pages\n",
buf, h->nr_huge_pages);
- if (nrinvalid)
- pr_info("HugeTLB: %s page size: %lu invalid page%s discarded\n",
- buf, nrinvalid, str_plural(nrinvalid));
pr_info("HugeTLB: %d KiB vmemmap can be freed for a %s page\n",
hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable_size(h) / SZ_1K, buf);
}
--
2.54.0