Re: [PATCH v3] kho: add support for deferred struct page init

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

Hi Michal,

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 06:39:54PM +0100, Michal Clapinski wrote:
> From: Evangelos Petrongonas <epetron@amazon.de>
> 
> When CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is enabled, struct page
> initialization is deferred to parallel kthreads that run later
> in the boot process.
> 
> During KHO restoration, deserialize_bitmap() writes metadata for
> each preserved memory region. However, if the struct page has not been
> initialized, this write targets uninitialized memory, potentially
> leading to errors like:
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ...
> 
> Fix this by introducing kho_get_preserved_page(),  which ensures
> all struct pages in a preserved region are initialized by calling
> init_deferred_page() which is a no-op when deferred init is disabled
> or when the struct page is already initialized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Evangelos Petrongonas <epetron@amazon.de>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Clapinski <mclapinski@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>

As Pasha mentioned, please add Co-developed-by.

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

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.