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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



      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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