Re: [v2 PATCH] mm: move page_ext_init after all struct pages are initialized

[Michal Hocko]

On Thu 19-05-16 15:13:26, Yang Shi wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index b3c6e36..2075faf 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
>  		initrd_start = 0;
>  	}
>  #endif
> -	page_ext_init();
>  	debug_objects_mem_init();
>  	kmemleak_init();
>  	setup_per_cpu_pageset();
> @@ -1004,6 +1003,8 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
>  	sched_init_smp();
>  
>  	page_alloc_init_late();
> +	/* Initialize page ext after all struct pages are initializaed */
> +	page_ext_init();
>  
>  	do_basic_setup();

I might be missing something but don't we have the same problem with
CONFIG_FLATMEM? page_ext_init_flatmem is called way earlier. Or
CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is never enabled for CONFIG_FLATMEM?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs