From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
To: m.szyprowski@samsung.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
vbabka@suse.cz, david@kernel.org
Cc: bhe@redhat.com, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, vladimir.kondratiev@mobileye.com,
s-adivi@ti.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com,
jackmanb@google.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, ziy@nvidia.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] dma/pool: Avoid allocating redundant pools
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:46:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ab8d8a620dee0109f33f5cb63d6bfeed35aac37.1768230104.git.robin.murphy@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1768230104.git.robin.murphy@arm.com>
On smaller systems, e.g. embedded arm64, it is common for all memory
to end up in ZONE_DMA32 or even ZONE_DMA. In such cases it is redundant
to allocate a nominal pool for an empty higher zone that just ends up
coming from a lower zone that should already have its own pool anyway.
We already have logic to skip allocating a ZONE_DMA pool when that is
empty, so generalise that to save memory in the case of other zones too.
Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
---
kernel/dma/pool.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/dma/pool.c b/kernel/dma/pool.c
index 2645cfb5718b..c5da29ad010c 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/pool.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/pool.c
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ static __init struct gen_pool *__dma_atomic_pool_init(size_t pool_size,
return pool;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
+#define has_managed_dma32 has_managed_zone(ZONE_DMA32)
+#else
+#define has_managed_dma32 false
+#endif
+
static int __init dma_atomic_pool_init(void)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -199,17 +205,20 @@ static int __init dma_atomic_pool_init(void)
}
INIT_WORK(&atomic_pool_work, atomic_pool_work_fn);
- atomic_pool_kernel = __dma_atomic_pool_init(atomic_pool_size,
+ /* All memory might be in the DMA zone(s) to begin with */
+ if (has_managed_zone(ZONE_NORMAL)) {
+ atomic_pool_kernel = __dma_atomic_pool_init(atomic_pool_size,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!atomic_pool_kernel)
- ret = -ENOMEM;
+ if (!atomic_pool_kernel)
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ }
if (has_managed_dma()) {
atomic_pool_dma = __dma_atomic_pool_init(atomic_pool_size,
GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!atomic_pool_dma)
ret = -ENOMEM;
}
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32)) {
+ if (has_managed_dma32) {
atomic_pool_dma32 = __dma_atomic_pool_init(atomic_pool_size,
GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA32);
if (!atomic_pool_dma32)
@@ -228,7 +237,7 @@ static inline struct gen_pool *dma_guess_pool(struct gen_pool *prev, gfp_t gfp)
return atomic_pool_dma ?: atomic_pool_dma32 ?: atomic_pool_kernel;
if (gfp & GFP_DMA32)
return atomic_pool_dma32 ?: atomic_pool_dma ?: atomic_pool_kernel;
- return atomic_pool_kernel;
+ return atomic_pool_kernel ?: atomic_pool_dma32 ?: atomic_pool_dma;
}
if (prev == atomic_pool_kernel)
return atomic_pool_dma32 ? atomic_pool_dma32 : atomic_pool_dma;
--
2.34.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-12 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-12 15:46 [PATCH 0/3] dma-mapping: Improve atomic pool behaviour Robin Murphy
2026-01-12 15:46 ` [PATCH 1/3] dma/pool: Improve pool lookup Robin Murphy
2026-01-12 15:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm_zone: Generalise has_managed_dma() Robin Murphy
2026-01-12 19:32 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-12 15:46 ` Robin Murphy [this message]
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