[PATCH v5 01/12] mm/sparse-vmemmap: factor out shared vmemmap tail page allocation
From: Muchun Song
Date: Sat Sep 26 2026 - 22:55:12 EST
HugeTLB and sparse-vmemmap each have their own helper to allocate the
shared vmemmap tail page used by vmemmap optimization.
Factor that logic into a common vmemmap_shared_tail_page() helper. It
allocates the page through vmemmap_alloc_block(), initializes the tail
struct pages, and uses cmpxchg() to install the per-zone shared page.
This removes duplicate allocation logic while handling both early boot
and runtime allocation through the same helper.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v5:
- Move this patch before CONFIG_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION is introduced
v4:
- Update the commit message for the renamed VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION config
- Collect Acked-by from Mike Rapoport
v2:
- Collect Acked-by from Qi Zheng
---
mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 29 +-----------------
mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
mm/sparse.h | 3 ++
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index f977d0a7e002..76765c97ff68 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include "hugetlb_vmemmap.h"
#include "sparse.h"
-#include "internal.h"
/**
* struct vmemmap_remap_walk - walk vmemmap page table
@@ -493,32 +492,6 @@ static bool vmemmap_should_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h, struct folio *
return true;
}
-static struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone)
-{
- const unsigned int idx = order - VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_MIN_ORDER;
- struct page *tail, *p;
- int node = zone_to_nid(zone);
-
- tail = READ_ONCE(zone->vmemmap_tails[idx]);
- if (likely(tail))
- return tail;
-
- tail = alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
- if (!tail)
- return NULL;
-
- p = page_to_virt(tail);
- for (int i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct page); i++)
- init_compound_tail(p + i, NULL, order, zone);
-
- if (cmpxchg(&zone->vmemmap_tails[idx], NULL, tail)) {
- __free_page(tail);
- tail = READ_ONCE(zone->vmemmap_tails[idx]);
- }
-
- return tail;
-}
-
static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h,
struct folio *folio,
struct list_head *vmemmap_pages,
@@ -535,7 +508,7 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h,
return ret;
nid = folio_nid(folio);
- vmemmap_tail = vmemmap_get_tail(h->order, folio_zone(folio));
+ vmemmap_tail = vmemmap_shared_tail_page(h->order, folio_zone(folio));
if (!vmemmap_tail)
return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index f22d815d7af0..9b00085122b2 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -42,27 +42,13 @@
#include "mm_init.h"
#include "sparse.h"
-/*
- * Allocate a block of memory to be used to back the virtual memory map
- * or to back the page tables that are used to create the mapping.
- * Uses the main allocators if they are available, else bootmem.
- */
-
-static void * __ref __earlyonly_bootmem_alloc(int node,
- unsigned long size,
- unsigned long align,
- unsigned long goal)
-{
- return memmap_alloc(size, align, goal, node, false);
-}
-
-void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node)
+void __ref *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node)
{
/* If the main allocator is up use that, fallback to bootmem. */
if (slab_is_available()) {
gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL|__GFP_NOWARN;
int order = get_order(size);
- static bool warned __meminitdata;
+ static bool warned;
struct page *page;
page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_mask, order);
@@ -76,8 +62,7 @@ void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node)
}
return NULL;
} else
- return __earlyonly_bootmem_alloc(node, size, size,
- __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
+ return memmap_alloc(size, size, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), node, false);
}
static void * __meminit altmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size,
@@ -185,34 +170,43 @@ static void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_block_zero(unsigned long size, int node)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
-static __meminit struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone)
+struct page __ref *vmemmap_shared_tail_page(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone)
{
- struct page *p, *tail;
- unsigned int idx;
- int node = zone_to_nid(zone);
+ void *addr;
+ struct page *page;
+ const unsigned int idx = order - VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_MIN_ORDER;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(order < VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_MIN_ORDER))
- return NULL;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(order > MAX_FOLIO_ORDER))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(idx >= VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_NR_ORDERS))
return NULL;
- idx = order - VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION_MIN_ORDER;
- tail = zone->vmemmap_tails[idx];
- if (tail)
- return tail;
- p = vmemmap_alloc_block_zero(PAGE_SIZE, node);
- if (!p)
+ page = READ_ONCE(zone->vmemmap_tails[idx]);
+ if (likely(page))
+ return page;
+
+ addr = vmemmap_alloc_block(PAGE_SIZE, zone_to_nid(zone));
+ if (!addr)
return NULL;
- for (int i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct page); i++)
- init_compound_tail(p + i, NULL, order, zone);
- tail = virt_to_page(p);
- zone->vmemmap_tails[idx] = tail;
+ for (int i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct page); i++) {
+ page = (struct page *)addr + i;
+ mm_zero_struct_page(page);
+ init_compound_tail(page, NULL, order, zone);
+ }
- return tail;
+ page = virt_to_page(addr);
+ if (cmpxchg(&zone->vmemmap_tails[idx], NULL, page) != NULL) {
+ if (slab_is_available())
+ __free_page(page);
+ else
+ memblock_free(addr, PAGE_SIZE);
+ page = READ_ONCE(zone->vmemmap_tails[idx]);
+ }
+
+ return page;
}
#else
-static inline struct page *vmemmap_get_tail(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone)
+static inline struct page *vmemmap_shared_tail_page(unsigned int order,
+ struct zone *zone)
{
return NULL;
}
@@ -229,7 +223,7 @@ static __meminit void *vmemmap_alloc_pte(unsigned long pfn, int node,
return vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PAGE_SIZE, node, altmap);
zone = pfn_to_zone(pfn, node);
- page = vmemmap_get_tail(order, zone);
+ page = vmemmap_shared_tail_page(order, zone);
if (!page)
return NULL;
diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h
index d3a71ef4fad0..6e7aaeaa5594 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.h
+++ b/mm/sparse.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ static inline void sparse_sections_init(void) {}
* mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
+struct page *vmemmap_shared_tail_page(unsigned int order, struct zone *zone);
+#endif
void sparse_init_subsection_map(void);
int section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
--
2.54.0