[RFC PATCH v2 10/19] x86/mm: Use alloc_table() for fill_pte(), etc

From: Rick Edgecombe
Date: Mon Aug 30 2021 - 20:00:44 EST


fill_pte(), set_pte_vaddr(), etc allocate page tables with
spp_getpage(). Use alloc_table() for these allocations in order to get
tables from the cache of protected pages when needed.

Opportunistically, fix a stale comment.

Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 3c0323ad99da..de5a785ee89f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -220,16 +220,19 @@ static void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)

/*
* NOTE: This function is marked __ref because it calls __init function
- * (alloc_bootmem_pages). It's safe to do it ONLY when after_bootmem == 0.
+ * (memblock_alloc). It's safe to do it ONLY when after_bootmem == 0.
*/
static __ref void *spp_getpage(void)
{
void *ptr;

- if (after_bootmem)
- ptr = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
- else
+ if (after_bootmem) {
+ struct page *page = alloc_table(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO);
+
+ ptr = page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
+ } else {
ptr = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+ }

if (!ptr || ((unsigned long)ptr & ~PAGE_MASK)) {
panic("set_pte_phys: cannot allocate page data %s\n",
--
2.17.1