Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] arm64: drop pfn_valid_within() and simplify pfn_valid() | From | David Hildenbrand <> | Date | Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:55 +0200 |
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On 20.04.21 11:09, Mike Rapoport wrote: > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> > > The arm64's version of pfn_valid() differs from the generic because of two > reasons: > > * Parts of the memory map are freed during boot. This makes it necessary to > verify that there is actual physical memory that corresponds to a pfn > which is done by querying memblock. > > * There are NOMAP memory regions. These regions are not mapped in the > linear map and until the previous commit the struct pages representing > these areas had default values. > > As the consequence of absence of the special treatment of NOMAP regions in > the memory map it was necessary to use memblock_is_map_memory() in > pfn_valid() and to have pfn_valid_within() aliased to pfn_valid() so that > generic mm functionality would not treat a NOMAP page as a normal page. > > Since the NOMAP regions are now marked as PageReserved(), pfn walkers and > the rest of core mm will treat them as unusable memory and thus > pfn_valid_within() is no longer required at all and can be disabled by > removing CONFIG_HOLES_IN_ZONE on arm64. > > pfn_valid() can be slightly simplified by replacing > memblock_is_map_memory() with memblock_is_memory(). > > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> > --- > arch/arm64/Kconfig | 3 --- > arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 4 ++-- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig > index e4e1b6550115..58e439046d05 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig > @@ -1040,9 +1040,6 @@ config NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK > def_bool y > depends on NUMA > > -config HOLES_IN_ZONE > - def_bool y > - > source "kernel/Kconfig.hz" > > config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c > index c54e329aca15..370f33765b64 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c > @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn) > > /* > * ZONE_DEVICE memory does not have the memblock entries. > - * memblock_is_map_memory() check for ZONE_DEVICE based > + * memblock_is_memory() check for ZONE_DEVICE based > * addresses will always fail. Even the normal hotplugged > * memory will never have MEMBLOCK_NOMAP flag set in their > * memblock entries. Skip memblock search for all non early > @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn) > return pfn_section_valid(ms, pfn); > } > #endif > - return memblock_is_map_memory(addr); > + return memblock_is_memory(addr); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_valid); > >
What are the steps needed to get rid of custom pfn_valid() completely?
I'd assume we would have to stop freeing parts of the mem map during boot. How relevant is that for arm64 nowadays, especially with reduced section sizes?
-- Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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