Re: [PATCH 08/12] mm/sparse: move __highest_used_section_nr handling

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 05:47:08 EST


> Let's move it to sparse_init_one_section(). However, to keep early
> boot processing working, we also have to initialize it in
> sparse_sections_init().
>
> Should we use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE with __highest_used_section_nr?
> Probably, something for another day.

Surely not in sparse_sections_init() ;-)

> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index 2b41ae36f20b8..2d0f2db34f4cf 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static inline unsigned long first_present_section_nr(void)
>
> void __init sparse_sections_init(void)
> {
> - unsigned long pfn, start_pfn, end_pfn;
> + unsigned long pfn, start_pfn, end_pfn, section_nr;
> int i, nid;
>
> sparse_extreme_init();
> @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ void __init sparse_sections_init(void)
> mminit_validate_memmodel_limits(&start_pfn, &end_pfn);
>
> for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
> - unsigned long section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn);
> struct mem_section *ms;
>
> + section_nr = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn);
> sparse_index_init(section_nr, nid);
> ms = __nr_to_section(section_nr);
> if (ms->section_mem_map)
> @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void __init sparse_sections_init(void)
> __section_mark_present(ms, section_nr);
> }
> }
> + __highest_used_section_nr = section_nr;
> }
>
> #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.h b/mm/sparse.h
> index 7c5d82ceb7142..a3af4967fd5c5 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.h
> +++ b/mm/sparse.h
> @@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ static inline void sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
>
> BUILD_BUG_ON(SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT > PFN_SECTION_SHIFT);
>
> + if (section_nr > __highest_used_section_nr)
> + __highest_used_section_nr = section_nr;
> +
> /*
> * We encode the start PFN of the section into the mem_map such that
> * page_to_pfn() on !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP can simply subtract it
> @@ -114,9 +117,6 @@ static inline void sparse_init_one_section(struct mem_section *ms,
> static inline void __section_mark_present(struct mem_section *ms,
> unsigned long section_nr)
> {
> - if (section_nr > __highest_used_section_nr)
> - __highest_used_section_nr = section_nr;
> -
> ms->section_mem_map |= SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT;
> }
>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.