[PATCH v2 50/69] mm/sparse: Simplify section_nr_vmemmap_pages()

From: Muchun Song

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 10:32:28 EST


section_nr_vmemmap_pages() no longer needs altmap- or pgmap-specific
state to decide whether a section uses the optimized vmemmap layout.

Now that the optimization state is recorded in struct mem_section, use
section_vmemmap_optimizable() and section_order() directly and drop the
redundant arguments from the helper and its callers.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/internal.h | 3 +--
mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 7 +++----
mm/sparse.c | 19 ++++++-------------
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 18276cd15622..06022074ebcb 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -997,8 +997,7 @@ static inline void __section_mark_present(struct mem_section *ms,
ms->section_mem_map |= SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT;
}

-int section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
- struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
+int section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
#else
static inline void sparse_memblocks_present(void) {}
static inline void sparse_init(void) {}
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index ce1cf5cdf613..793fd4ce1393 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static struct page * __meminit populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
struct page *page = __populate_section_memmap(pfn, nr_pages, nid, altmap,
pgmap);

- memmap_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, nr_pages, altmap, pgmap));
+ memmap_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, nr_pages));

return page;
}
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static void depopulate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned long start = (unsigned long) pfn_to_page(pfn);
unsigned long end = start + nr_pages * sizeof(struct page);

- memmap_pages_add(-section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, nr_pages, altmap, pgmap));
+ memmap_pages_add(-section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, nr_pages));
vmemmap_free(start, end, altmap);
}

@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(memmap + PAGES_PER_SECTION);
unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(memmap);

- memmap_boot_pages_add(-section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION,
- NULL, NULL));
+ memmap_boot_pages_add(-section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
vmemmap_free(start, end, NULL);
}

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 6878f8941b4c..3390cb82f114 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -237,32 +237,26 @@ void __weak __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
{
}

-int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
- struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
+int __meminit section_nr_vmemmap_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
{
- const struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
- const unsigned int order = pgmap ? pgmap->vmemmap_shift : section_order(ms);
+ const unsigned int order = pfn_to_section_order(pfn);
const unsigned long pages_per_compound = 1UL << order;
- unsigned int vmemmap_pages = OPTIMIZED_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_PAGES;

VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SUBSECTION));
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_pages > PAGES_PER_SECTION);

- if (vmemmap_can_optimize(altmap, pgmap))
- vmemmap_pages = VMEMMAP_RESERVE_NR;
-
- if (!section_vmemmap_optimizable(ms))
+ if (!order_vmemmap_optimizable(order))
return DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_pages * sizeof(struct page), PAGE_SIZE);

if (order < PFN_SECTION_SHIFT) {
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, pages_per_compound));
- return vmemmap_pages * nr_pages / pages_per_compound;
+ return OPTIMIZED_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_PAGES * nr_pages / pages_per_compound;
}

VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(pfn | nr_pages, PAGES_PER_SECTION));

if (IS_ALIGNED(pfn, pages_per_compound))
- return vmemmap_pages;
+ return OPTIMIZED_FOLIO_VMEMMAP_PAGES;

return 0;
}
@@ -294,8 +288,7 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
nid, NULL, NULL);
if (!map)
panic("Failed to allocate memmap for section %lu\n", pnum);
- memmap_boot_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION,
- NULL, NULL));
+ memmap_boot_pages_add(section_nr_vmemmap_pages(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
sparse_init_one_section(__nr_to_section(pnum), pnum, map, usage,
SECTION_IS_EARLY);
usage = (void *)usage + mem_section_usage_size();
--
2.54.0