[PATCH v3 14/21] kho: initialize kho_scratch pointer earlier in boot

From: Pratyush Yadav

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 13:44:52 EST


From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <pratyush@xxxxxxxxxx>

In a future patch, mm init will use kho_scratch_overlap() for deciding
the migrate type of pageblocks it initializes. The earliest user
currently is free_area_init(). kho_scratch_overlap()
relies on kho_scratch pointer being initialized. Introduce
kho_memory_init_early() to do this.

kho_populate() would normally be a good place to do this, but
unfortunately, phys_to_virt() does not work at that point on ARM64. So
we need yet another initialization function.

Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kexec_handover.h | 3 +++
kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
mm/mm_init.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kexec_handover.h b/include/linux/kexec_handover.h
index 40cb95a80981..18ba417f1ada 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec_handover.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec_handover.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void kho_remove_subtree(void *blob);
int kho_retrieve_subtree(const char *name, phys_addr_t *phys, size_t *size);

void kho_memory_init(void);
+void kho_memory_init_early(void);

void kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len, phys_addr_t scratch_phys,
u64 scratch_len);
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ static inline int kho_retrieve_subtree(const char *name, phys_addr_t *phys,

static inline void kho_memory_init(void) { }

+static inline void kho_memory_init_early(void) { }
+
static inline void kho_populate(phys_addr_t fdt_phys, u64 fdt_len,
phys_addr_t scratch_phys, u64 scratch_len)
{
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index b3b97a6ff9c8..2ddfc804cdf7 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -1534,8 +1534,6 @@ static void __init kho_mem_retrieve(void)
const void *fdt = kho_get_fdt();
int err;

- kho_scratch = phys_to_virt(kho_in.scratch_phys);
-
/*
* kho_get_mem_map() should always succeed. If it fails, kho_populate()
* catches that and never sets kho_in.scratch_phys, which stops memory
@@ -1756,6 +1754,19 @@ static __init int kho_init(void)
}
fs_initcall(kho_init);

+void __init kho_memory_init_early(void)
+{
+ if (!is_kho_boot())
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * kho_scratch_overlap() needs kho_scratch to be initialized. It
+ * is used by free_area_init() on KHO boots, so initialize it
+ * early.
+ */
+ kho_scratch = phys_to_virt(kho_in.scratch_phys);
+}
+
void __init kho_memory_init(void)
{
if (kho_in.scratch_phys)
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 0f64909e8d20..84d4b1c997bc 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -2687,6 +2687,7 @@ void __init __weak mem_init(void)

void __init mm_core_init_early(void)
{
+ kho_memory_init_early();
hugetlb_cma_reserve();
hugetlb_bootmem_alloc();

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2.55.0.141.g00534a21ce-goog