Re: [PATCH v6 3/8] mm: add a set_page_section_from_pfn() helper

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:
> Callers that want to update section bits from a PFN currently need to
> open-code:
> 
> 	set_page_section(page, pfn_to_section_nr(pfn));
> 
> and guard that sequence with #ifdef SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS.
> 
> Add set_page_section_from_pfn() to wrap that update in one place. When
> section bits are stored in page flags, the helper derives the section
> number from the PFN and updates the page flags. Otherwise keep it as a
> no-op so callers can use one helper without open-coding
> SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS.
> 
> Convert set_page_links() to use the new helper so later ZONE_DEVICE
> fast-path patches can also update section bits without open-coding
> SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS at each callsite.
> 
> This keeps the PFN-to-section translation local to the configurations
> that actually store section bits in struct page flags, and avoids
> exposing that detail to generic callers.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 485df9c2dbdd..43343bfce493 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -2541,11 +2541,22 @@ static inline void set_page_section(struct page *page, unsigned long section)
>  	page->flags.f |= (section & SECTIONS_MASK) << SECTIONS_PGSHIFT;
>  }
>  
> +static inline void set_page_section_from_pfn(struct page *page,
> +		unsigned long pfn)
> +{
> +	set_page_section(page, pfn_to_section_nr(pfn));
> +}
> +
>  static inline unsigned long memdesc_section(memdesc_flags_t mdf)
>  {
>  	return (mdf.f >> SECTIONS_PGSHIFT) & SECTIONS_MASK;
>  }
>  #else /* !SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS */
> +static inline void set_page_section_from_pfn(struct page *page,
> +		unsigned long pfn)
> +{
> +}
> +
>  static inline unsigned long memdesc_section(memdesc_flags_t mdf)
>  {
>  	return 0;
> @@ -2768,9 +2779,7 @@ static inline void set_page_links(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone,
>  {
>  	set_page_zone(page, zone);
>  	set_page_node(page, node);
> -#ifdef SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS
> -	set_page_section(page, pfn_to_section_nr(pfn));
> -#endif
> +	set_page_section_from_pfn(page, pfn);
>  }
>  
>  /**


Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <[email protected]>
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