[PATCH v3 2/4] x86/clear_page: add clear_pages()

From: Ankur Arora
Date: Mon Apr 14 2025 - 00:28:18 EST


Expose multi-page clearing via clear_pages().

Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/page_32.h | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32.h
index 0c623706cb7e..73c94c9e4eee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32.h
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ static inline void clear_page(void *page)
memset(page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
}

+static inline void clear_pages(void *page, unsigned int nsubpages)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < nsubpages; i++)
+ clear_page(page + i * PAGE_SIZE);
+}
+
static inline void copy_page(void *to, void *from)
{
memcpy(to, from, PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h
index 45db74db9021..6781cdee6541 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ void clear_pages_orig(void *page, unsigned int length);
void clear_pages_rep(void *page, unsigned int length);
void clear_pages_erms(void *page, unsigned int length);

-static inline void clear_page(void *page)
+static inline void clear_pages(void *page, unsigned int nsubpages)
{
- unsigned int length = PAGE_SIZE;
+ unsigned int length = nsubpages * PAGE_SIZE;
/*
* Clean up KMSAN metadata for the pages being cleared. The assembly call
* below clobbers @page, so we perform unpoisoning before it.
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ static inline void clear_page(void *page)
"cc", "memory", "rax", "rcx");
}

+static inline void clear_page(void *page)
+{
+ clear_pages(page, 1);
+}
+
void copy_page(void *to, void *from);
KCFI_REFERENCE(copy_page);

--
2.31.1