Re: [PATCH] MIPS: mm: Add check for highmem before removing memory block
From: Thomas Bogendoerfer
Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 13:49:08 EST
On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 11:47:02AM -0700, Kyle Hendry wrote:
> If a device has less physical memory than the highmem threshold
> bootmem_init() doesn't set highstart_pfn. This results in highmem_init()
> wrongly disabling the entire memory range if the cpu doesn't support
> highmem. Add a check that highstart_pfn is non zero before removing the
> highmem block.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Hendry <kylehendrydev@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/mm/init.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
> index 1c07ca84ee21..352718e43f69 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
> @@ -426,10 +426,11 @@ static inline void __init highmem_init(void)
> unsigned long tmp;
>
> /*
> - * If CPU cannot support HIGHMEM discard the memory above highstart_pfn
> + * If CPU cannot support HIGHMEM discard any memory above highstart_pfn
> */
> if (cpu_has_dc_aliases) {
> - memblock_remove(PFN_PHYS(highstart_pfn), -1);
> + if (highstart_pfn)
> + memblock_remove(PFN_PHYS(highstart_pfn), -1);
> return;
> }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
Applied to mips-fixes with
Fixes: f171b55f1441 ("mips: fix HIGHMEM initialization")
added.
Thomas.
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