[PATCH 03/11] mm/mm_init: simplify zone device page initialization
From: Muchun Song
Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 05:15:04 EST
memmap_init_zone_device() currently seeds its reusable head and tail
templates by fully initializing the first real struct page and copying
it back into a stack object. This keeps the first page outside the
common loops and leaves __init_zone_device_page() only for template
construction.
Build both templates directly from the PFN-independent state. Add the
head-specific pgmap and refcount state to the head template and the
compound metadata to the tail template, then initialize every page
through zone_device_page_init_from_template().
This removes the special handling for the first head and tail pages
without changing their final state.
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mm_init.c | 91 ++++++++--------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 9677698f30d3..6cf74f6840de 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1044,48 +1044,6 @@ static void __init memmap_init(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
-static void __ref __init_zone_device_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
- unsigned long zone_idx, int nid,
- struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
-{
-
- __init_single_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid);
-
- /*
- * Mark page reserved as it will need to wait for onlining
- * phase for it to be fully associated with a zone.
- *
- * We can use the non-atomic __set_bit operation for setting
- * the flag as we are still initializing the pages.
- */
- __SetPageReserved(page);
-
- /*
- * ZONE_DEVICE pages union ->lru with a ->pgmap back pointer
- * and zone_device_data. It is a bug if a ZONE_DEVICE page is
- * ever freed or placed on a driver-private list.
- */
- page_folio(page)->pgmap = pgmap;
- page->zone_device_data = NULL;
-
- /*
- * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages regain a refcount of 1 in the free
- * path. The remaining ZONE_DEVICE types start from 0 here and raise
- * the count again when the allocator or driver hands the page out.
- */
- switch (pgmap->type) {
- case MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX:
- case MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE:
- case MEMORY_DEVICE_COHERENT:
- case MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
- set_page_count(page, 0);
- break;
-
- case MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
- break;
- }
-}
-
static void zone_device_page_init_from_template(struct page *page,
unsigned long pfn, struct page *template)
{
@@ -1126,30 +1084,13 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
unsigned long pfn, end_pfn = head_pfn + nr_pages;
unsigned int order = pgmap->vmemmap_shift;
struct page template;
- struct page *page;
- /*
- * We have to initialize the pages, including setting up page links.
- * prep_compound_page() does not take care of that, so instead we
- * open-code prep_compound_page() so we can take care of initializing
- * the pages in the same go.
- */
- __SetPageHead(head);
+ memmap_init_page_common(&template, zone_idx, nid);
+ prep_compound_tail(&template, head, order);
- /*
- * All tails of the same compound page share the state established by
- * prep_compound_tail(). Reuse one tail template for the whole range and
- * refresh only the PFN-dependent fields in that template before each copy.
- */
- pfn = head_pfn + 1;
- page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
- __init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
- prep_compound_tail(page, head, order);
- set_page_count(page, 0);
- memcpy(&template, page, sizeof(*page));
-
- /* Initialize the remaining tail pages from template. */
- for (pfn = head_pfn + 2; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++)
+ __SetPageHead(head);
+ /* Initialize the tail pages from template. */
+ for (pfn = head_pfn + 1; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++)
zone_device_page_init_from_template(pfn_to_page(pfn), pfn,
&template);
prep_compound_head(head, order);
@@ -1188,22 +1129,18 @@ void __ref memmap_init_zone_device(struct zone *zone,
VM_WARN_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn | nr_pages, pfns_per_compound));
+ memmap_init_page_common(&template, zone_idx, nid);
+ page_folio(&template)->pgmap = pgmap;
/*
- * Seed the reusable head-page template from the first real struct
- * page. The normal page-init and refcount helpers must operate on
- * a real memmap entry rather than a stack object.
+ * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages regain a refcount of one in the free
+ * path. The remaining ZONE_DEVICE types start from zero here and raise
+ * the count again when the allocator or driver hands the page out.
*/
- pfn = start_pfn;
- page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
- __init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
- memcpy(&template, page, sizeof(*page));
- if (pfns_per_compound != 1)
- memmap_init_compound(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap,
- compound_nr_pages(pfn, pgmap));
- pfn += pfns_per_compound;
+ if (pgmap->type == MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC)
+ atomic_set(&template._refcount, 1);
- /* Initialize the remaining head pages from template. */
- for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pfns_per_compound) {
+ /* Initialize the head pages from template. */
+ for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pfns_per_compound) {
page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
zone_device_page_init_from_template(page, pfn, &template);
--
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