Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] x86/mm: Use pagetable_free()

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 01:40:03PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> The kernel's memory management subsystem provides a dedicated interface,
> pagetable_free(), for freeing page table pages. Updates two call sites to
> use pagetable_free() instead of the lower-level __free_page() or
> free_pages(). This improves code consistency and clarity, and ensures the
> correct freeing mechanism is used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c        | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> index b9426fce5f3e..3d9a5e4ccaa4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static void __meminit free_pagetable(struct page *page, int order)
>  		free_reserved_pages(page, nr_pages);
>  #endif
>  	} else {
> -		free_pages((unsigned long)page_address(page), order);
> +		pagetable_free(page_ptdesc(page));
>  	}
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> index 8834c76f91c9..8b78a8855024 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void cpa_collapse_large_pages(struct cpa_data *cpa)
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(ptdesc, tmp, &pgtables, pt_list) {
>  		list_del(&ptdesc->pt_list);
> -		__free_page(ptdesc_page(ptdesc));
> +		pagetable_free(ptdesc);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.