[PATCH 1/2] mm/mm_init: don't overlap NORMAL and MOVABLE zones with kernelcore=mirror

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 03:42:54 EST


From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

When kernelcore or movablecore kernel parameters define size of the
NORMAL and MOVABLE zones as percents of the total memory or by absolute
value, ZONE_NORMAL is clamped at the beginning of ZONE_MOVABLE.

However, when kernelcore=mirror the ZONE_NORMAL span is not changed but
rather pages from ZONE_MOVABLE counted as absent in ZONE_NORMAL.

Make the behaviour of kernelcore= parameter uniform and treat mirror
just as another way to size the zones.

Co-developed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mm_init.c | 36 +++---------------------------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index f9f8e1af921c..dce9dc9f2302 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1159,9 +1159,8 @@ static void __init adjust_zone_range_for_zone_movable(int nid,
arch_zone_highest_possible_pfn[movable_zone]);

/* Adjust for ZONE_MOVABLE starting within this range */
- } else if (!mirrored_kernelcore &&
- *zone_start_pfn < zone_movable_pfn[nid] &&
- *zone_end_pfn > zone_movable_pfn[nid]) {
+ } else if (*zone_start_pfn < zone_movable_pfn[nid] &&
+ *zone_end_pfn > zone_movable_pfn[nid]) {
*zone_end_pfn = zone_movable_pfn[nid];

/* Check if this whole range is within ZONE_MOVABLE */
@@ -1209,40 +1208,11 @@ static unsigned long __init zone_absent_pages_in_node(int nid,
unsigned long zone_start_pfn,
unsigned long zone_end_pfn)
{
- unsigned long nr_absent;
-
/* zone is empty, we don't have any absent pages */
if (zone_start_pfn == zone_end_pfn)
return 0;

- nr_absent = __absent_pages_in_range(nid, zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn);
-
- /*
- * ZONE_MOVABLE handling.
- * Treat pages to be ZONE_MOVABLE in ZONE_NORMAL as absent pages
- * and vice versa.
- */
- if (mirrored_kernelcore && zone_movable_pfn[nid]) {
- unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
- struct memblock_region *r;
-
- for_each_mem_region(r) {
- start_pfn = clamp(memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(r),
- zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn);
- end_pfn = clamp(memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(r),
- zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn);
-
- if (zone_type == ZONE_MOVABLE &&
- memblock_is_mirror(r))
- nr_absent += end_pfn - start_pfn;
-
- if (zone_type == ZONE_NORMAL &&
- !memblock_is_mirror(r))
- nr_absent += end_pfn - start_pfn;
- }
- }
-
- return nr_absent;
+ return __absent_pages_in_range(nid, zone_start_pfn, zone_end_pfn);
}

/*
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