Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] mm: factor zone-device page init helpers out of __init_zone_device_page

Balbir Singh <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-arch,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/9/26 9:25 PM, Li Zhe wrote:
> memmap_init_zone_device() currently mixes refcount policy and core
> ZONE_DEVICE page setup in a single helper.
> 
> Factor the refcount-reset predicate into pagemap_resets_refcount(), move
> the common page initialization into __zone_device_page_init(), and wrap
> the existing slow path in zone_device_page_init_slow().
> 
> This keeps the slow-path behaviour unchanged and gives later patches
> reusable helper boundaries.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
> ---
>  mm/mm_init.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
> index 95808ab5cfdb..5fccfbacf855 100644
> --- a/mm/mm_init.c
> +++ b/mm/mm_init.c
> @@ -1005,11 +1005,37 @@ static void __init memmap_init(void)
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE
> -static void __ref __init_zone_device_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
> +/*
> + * Return true when the free path for this pagemap type restores the page
> + * refcount to 1, so memmap_init_zone_device() can keep the count set by
> + * __init_single_page(). Otherwise initialize the refcount to 0 and leave
> + * it to the allocator or pgmap callbacks to raise it when the page is
> + * handed out again.
> + */
> +static inline bool pagemap_resets_refcount(const struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
> +{

resets_refcount reads like it resets it to 0, but it could be just me. How does
pagemap_requires_refcount_reset() sound, with the value returned being toggled

> +	/*
> +	 * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages regain a refcount of 1 in the free
> +	 * path. The remaining ZONE_DEVICE types start from 0 here and raise
> +	 * the count again when the allocator or driver hands the page out.
> +	 */
> +	switch (pgmap->type) {
> +	case MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX:
> +	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE:
> +	case MEMORY_DEVICE_COHERENT:
> +	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
> +		return false;
> +	case MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return true;

Shouldn't the default be a VM_WARN_ON()?

> +}
> +
> +static void __ref __zone_device_page_init(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
>  					  unsigned long zone_idx, int nid,
>  					  struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
>  {
> -
>  	__init_single_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid);
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -1028,23 +1054,15 @@ static void __ref __init_zone_device_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
>  	 */
>  	page_folio(page)->pgmap = pgmap;
>  	page->zone_device_data = NULL;
> +}
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages regain a refcount of 1 in the free
> -	 * path. The remaining ZONE_DEVICE types start from 0 here and raise
> -	 * the count again when the allocator or driver hands the page out.
> -	 */
> -	switch (pgmap->type) {
> -	case MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX:
> -	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE:
> -	case MEMORY_DEVICE_COHERENT:
> -	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
> +static void __ref zone_device_page_init_slow(struct page *page,
> +		unsigned long pfn, unsigned long zone_idx, int nid,
> +		struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
> +{
> +	__zone_device_page_init(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
> +	if (!pagemap_resets_refcount(pgmap))
>  		set_page_count(page, 0);
> -		break;
> -
> -	case MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
> -		break;
> -	}
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1090,7 +1108,7 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
>  	for (pfn = head_pfn + 1; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
>  		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>  
> -		__init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
> +		zone_device_page_init_slow(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
>  		prep_compound_tail(page, head, order);
>  		set_page_count(page, 0);
>  	}
> @@ -1126,7 +1144,7 @@ void __ref memmap_init_zone_device(struct zone *zone,
>  	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pfns_per_compound) {
>  		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>  
> -		__init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
> +		zone_device_page_init_slow(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
>  
>  		if (IS_ALIGNED(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
>  			cond_resched();

Balbir
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