From: Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay <devnull+shivamkalra98.zohomail.in@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm/vmalloc: extract vmalloc_free_pages() helper from vfree()
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:27:11 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260302-vmalloc-shrink-v1-1-46deff465b7e@zohomail.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260302-vmalloc-shrink-v1-0-46deff465b7e@zohomail.in>
From: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
Extract the page-freeing loop, memcg accounting, and nr_vmalloc_pages
update from vfree() into a reusable vmalloc_free_pages() helper. The
helper operates on a range [start, end) of pages from a vm_struct,
making it suitable for both full free (vfree) and partial free (upcoming
vrealloc shrink).
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 628f96e83b118..54e76a47e9957 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3409,6 +3409,35 @@ void vfree_atomic(const void *addr)
schedule_work(&p->wq);
}
+/*
+ * vmalloc_free_pages - free a range of pages from a vmalloc allocation
+ * @vm: the vm_struct containing the pages
+ * @start: first page index to free (inclusive)
+ * @end: last page index to free (exclusive)
+ *
+ * Free pages [start, end) updating memcg accounting and the global
+ * nr_vmalloc_pages counter. Caller is responsible for unmapping
+ * (vunmap_range) and KASAN poisoning before calling this.
+ */
+static void vmalloc_free_pages(struct vm_struct *vm,
+ unsigned int start, unsigned int end)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+ unsigned int nr = end - start;
+
+ if (!(vm->flags & VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES))
+ mod_memcg_page_state(vm->pages[start], MEMCG_VMALLOC, -nr);
+
+ for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
+ BUG_ON(!vm->pages[i]);
+ __free_page(vm->pages[i]);
+ cond_resched();
+ }
+
+ if (!(vm->flags & VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES))
+ atomic_long_sub(nr, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
+}
+
/**
* vfree - Release memory allocated by vmalloc()
* @addr: Memory base address
@@ -3429,7 +3458,6 @@ void vfree_atomic(const void *addr)
void vfree(const void *addr)
{
struct vm_struct *vm;
- int i;
if (unlikely(in_interrupt())) {
vfree_atomic(addr);
@@ -3452,22 +3480,8 @@ void vfree(const void *addr)
if (unlikely(vm->flags & VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS))
vm_reset_perms(vm);
- /* All pages of vm should be charged to same memcg, so use first one. */
- if (vm->nr_pages && !(vm->flags & VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES))
- mod_memcg_page_state(vm->pages[0], MEMCG_VMALLOC, -vm->nr_pages);
- for (i = 0; i < vm->nr_pages; i++) {
- struct page *page = vm->pages[i];
-
- BUG_ON(!page);
- /*
- * High-order allocs for huge vmallocs are split, so
- * can be freed as an array of order-0 allocations
- */
- __free_page(page);
- cond_resched();
- }
- if (!(vm->flags & VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES))
- atomic_long_sub(vm->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
+ if (vm->nr_pages)
+ vmalloc_free_pages(vm, 0, vm->nr_pages);
kvfree(vm->pages);
kfree(vm);
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-02 13:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-02 13:57 [PATCH 0/2] mm/vmalloc: free unused pages on vrealloc() shrink Shivam Kalra via B4 Relay
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