Re: [PATCH] mm/sparse: Fix sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early definition without CONFIG_SPARSEMEM

["Jinhui Guo" <guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com>]

Hi, David

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 10:46:54AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> On 11/27/25 10:25, Jinhui Guo wrote:
> > When CONFIG_SPARSEMEM is disabled, the macro
> > sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early(_nid, _use) passes
> > two arguments, while the actual function accepts
> > only nid. Drop the extra argument _use.
> > 
> > Fixes: d65917c42373 ("mm/sparse: allow for alternate vmemmap section init at boot")
> > Signed-off-by: Jinhui Guo <guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com>
> > ---
> >   include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> > index 7fb7331c5725..f6dd181a4821 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> > @@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@ void sparse_init(void);
> >   #else
> >   #define sparse_init()	do {} while (0)
> >   #define sparse_index_init(_sec, _nid)  do {} while (0)
> > -#define sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early(_nid, _use) do {} while (0)
> > +#define sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early(_nid) do {} while (0)
> >   #define sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_late(_nid) do {} while (0)
> >   #define pfn_in_present_section pfn_valid
> >   #define subsection_map_init(_pfn, _nr_pages) do {} while (0)
> 
> That commit is from early 2025.
> 
> So what are the symptoms we are fixing? I would have assumed a compile-time
> problem, but no built bot caught that?

I spotted the issue while porting the patches. It’s harmless. Both
sparse_index_init() and sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_early() are only
referenced in mm/sparse.c and mm/sparse-vmemmap.c. So they can simply
be deleted from include/linux/mmzone.h when CONFIG_SPARSEMEM is disabled.

> -- 
> Cheers
> David

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Best regards,
Jinhui