[PATCH v6 2/4] x86/mm/pat: Convert pmd code to use page table apis

From: Vishal Moola (Oracle)

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 21:04:45 EST


We need all allocation and free sites to use the ptdesc APIs in order to
allocate them separately from regular pages. Convert the pmd
allocation/free sites to use the generic page table apis, since those
use ptdescs already.

Pass through init_mm since these are kernel page tables, pmd_alloc_one()
needs it to identify kernel page tables. Also, the generic implementation
doesn't use the second argument. Pass it a placeholder so we don't have
to reimplement it or risk breaking other architectures.

Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index d52010fd3023..655bef618ea0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static bool try_to_free_pmd_page(pmd_t *pmd)
if (!pmd_none(pmd[i]))
return false;

- free_page((unsigned long)pmd);
+ pmd_free(&init_mm, pmd);
return true;
}

@@ -1549,7 +1549,10 @@ static int alloc_pte_page(pmd_t *pmd)

static int alloc_pmd_page(pud_t *pud)
{
- pmd_t *pmd = (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ /* The generic implementation of pmd_alloc_one() doesn't use
+ * the second argument. Pass it 0 as a placeholder.
+ */
+ pmd_t *pmd = pmd_alloc_one(&init_mm, 0);
if (!pmd)
return -1;

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