From: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org,
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org,
"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86/mm/pat: Convert pmd code to use ptdescs
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:51:39 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260127005140.197847-3-vishal.moola@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260127005140.197847-1-vishal.moola@gmail.com>
In order to separately allocate ptdescs from pages, we need all allocation
and free sites to use the appropriate functions. Convert these pmd
allocation/free sites to use ptdescs.
Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 2dcb565d8f9b..ded1ba11c68f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static bool try_to_free_pmd_page(pmd_t *pmd)
if (!pmd_none(pmd[i]))
return false;
- free_page((unsigned long)pmd);
+ pagetable_free(virt_to_ptdesc((void *)pmd));
return true;
}
@@ -1548,9 +1548,10 @@ static int alloc_pte_ptdesc(pmd_t *pmd)
return 0;
}
-static int alloc_pmd_page(pud_t *pud)
+static int alloc_pmd_ptdesc(pud_t *pud)
{
- pmd_t *pmd = (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ pmd_t *pmd = (pmd_t *) ptdesc_address(
+ pagetable_alloc(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, 0));
if (!pmd)
return -1;
@@ -1623,7 +1624,7 @@ static long populate_pmd(struct cpa_data *cpa,
* We cannot use a 1G page so allocate a PMD page if needed.
*/
if (pud_none(*pud))
- if (alloc_pmd_page(pud))
+ if (alloc_pmd_ptdesc(pud))
return -1;
pmd = pmd_offset(pud, start);
@@ -1679,7 +1680,7 @@ static int populate_pud(struct cpa_data *cpa, unsigned long start, p4d_t *p4d,
* Need a PMD page?
*/
if (pud_none(*pud))
- if (alloc_pmd_page(pud))
+ if (alloc_pmd_ptdesc(pud))
return -1;
cur_pages = populate_pmd(cpa, start, pre_end, cur_pages,
@@ -1716,7 +1717,7 @@ static int populate_pud(struct cpa_data *cpa, unsigned long start, p4d_t *p4d,
pud = pud_offset(p4d, start);
if (pud_none(*pud))
- if (alloc_pmd_page(pud))
+ if (alloc_pmd_ptdesc(pud))
return -1;
tmp = populate_pmd(cpa, start, end, cpa->numpages - cur_pages,
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-27 0:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-27 0:51 [PATCH 0/3] Convert x86/mm/pat to ptdescs Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2026-01-27 0:51 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/mm/pat: Convert pte code to use ptdescs Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2026-01-27 0:51 ` Vishal Moola (Oracle) [this message]
2026-01-27 0:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86/mm/pat: Convert split_large_page() " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2026-01-28 11:52 ` [PATCH 0/3] Convert x86/mm/pat to ptdescs Mike Rapoport
2026-01-28 19:17 ` Vishal Moola (Oracle)
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