[PATCH v2 52/69] powerpc/mm: Drop powerpc vmemmap_can_optimize()

From: Muchun Song

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 09:50:13 EST


PowerPC no longer needs an architecture-specific vmemmap_can_optimize()
override for DAX vmemmap optimization.

Whether the optimized mapping can be used is now decided in the
architecture-specific vmemmap_populate() path. When PowerPC has to fall
back, such as on Hash MMU, it can simply clear the section order there
and disable the optimization for that section.

Drop the radix-specific vmemmap_can_optimize() override and rely on the
generic checks instead.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h | 5 -----
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c | 10 ----------
arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index 8452a2714cb1..df67209b0c5b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -351,10 +351,5 @@ int radix__create_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
int nid, pgprot_t prot);
int radix__remove_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
#endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_DAX_VMEMMAP
-#define vmemmap_can_optimize vmemmap_can_optimize
-bool vmemmap_can_optimize(struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
-#endif
#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
#endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 4c3d027c823c..2f8783b3f678 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -977,16 +977,6 @@ int __meminit radix__vmemmap_create_mapping(unsigned long start,
return 0;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_DAX_VMEMMAP
-bool vmemmap_can_optimize(struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
-{
- if (radix_enabled())
- return __vmemmap_can_optimize(altmap, pgmap);
-
- return false;
-}
-#endif
-
int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, int node,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long next)
{
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index b6f3ae03ca9e..8e18ed427fdd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
return radix__vmemmap_populate(start, end, node, altmap);
#endif

+ section_set_order(__pfn_to_section(page_to_pfn((struct page *)start)), 0);
return __vmemmap_populate(start, end, node, altmap);
}

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