From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 18/19] mm: page_alloc: preserve PG_zeroed in page_del_and_expand
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:02:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23f51ec61026f598a30a2a031fcf88100afc1f98.1776808210.git.mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1776808209.git.mst@redhat.com>
Don't unconditionally clear PG_zeroed for non-reported pages in
page_del_and_expand(). Pages freed via free_frozen_pages_zeroed
(balloon deflate) already have the flag set and should keep it
through buddy allocation, not just PCP reuse.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Assisted-by: cursor-agent:GPT-5.4-xhigh
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 122b49a6d435..3f5ed022cb9c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1751,7 +1751,8 @@ struct page *__pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn,
* -- nyc
*/
static inline unsigned int expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int low,
- int high, int migratetype, bool reported)
+ int high, int migratetype, bool reported,
+ bool zeroed)
{
unsigned int size = 1 << high;
unsigned int nr_added = 0;
@@ -1782,6 +1783,8 @@ static inline unsigned int expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int low,
*/
if (reported)
__SetPageReported(&page[size]);
+ if (zeroed)
+ __SetPageZeroed(&page[size]);
}
return nr_added;
@@ -1793,10 +1796,12 @@ static __always_inline void page_del_and_expand(struct zone *zone,
{
int nr_pages = 1 << high;
bool was_reported = page_reported(page);
+ bool was_zeroed = PageZeroed(page);
__del_page_from_free_list(page, zone, high, migratetype);
- nr_pages -= expand(zone, page, low, high, migratetype, was_reported);
+ nr_pages -= expand(zone, page, low, high, migratetype, was_reported,
+ was_zeroed);
account_freepages(zone, -nr_pages, migratetype);
}
@@ -2373,11 +2378,13 @@ try_to_claim_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
/* Take ownership for orders >= pageblock_order */
if (current_order >= pageblock_order) {
unsigned int nr_added;
+ bool was_reported = page_reported(page);
+ bool was_zeroed = PageZeroed(page);
del_page_from_free_list(page, zone, current_order, block_type);
change_pageblock_range(page, current_order, start_type);
nr_added = expand(zone, page, order, current_order, start_type,
- false);
+ was_reported, was_zeroed);
account_freepages(zone, nr_added, start_type);
return page;
}
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 22:01 [PATCH RFC v3 00/19] mm/virtio: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed reported pages Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 01/19] mm: thread user_addr through page allocator for cache-friendly zeroing Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/19] mm: add folio_zero_user stub for configs without THP/HUGETLBFS Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 03/19] mm: page_alloc: move prep_compound_page before post_alloc_hook Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/19] mm: use folio_zero_user for user pages in post_alloc_hook Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/19] mm: use __GFP_ZERO in vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/19] mm: use __GFP_ZERO in alloc_anon_folio Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/19] mm: use __GFP_ZERO in vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/19] mm: hugetlb: use __GFP_ZERO and skip zeroing for zeroed pages Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/19] mm: memfd: skip zeroing for zeroed hugetlb pool pages Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/19] mm: remove arch vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio overrides Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/19] mm: page_alloc: propagate PageReported flag across buddy splits Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/19] mm: page_reporting: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed reported pages Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 13/19] virtio_balloon: a hack to enable host-zeroed page optimization Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 14/19] mm: page_reporting: add flush parameter with page budget Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:01 ` [PATCH RFC v3 15/19] mm: add free_frozen_pages_zeroed Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 16/19] mm: add put_page_zeroed and folio_put_zeroed Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 17/19] mm: page_alloc: clear PG_zeroed on buddy merge if not both zero Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-04-21 22:02 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2026-04-21 22:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 19/19] virtio_balloon: mark deflated pages as zeroed Michael S. Tsirkin
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