[PATCH v3 7/7] virtio_balloon: Stop calling page_address() in free_pages()
Vishal Moola (Oracle)
vishal.moola at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 04:59:21 AEST 2025
free_pages() should be used when we only have a virtual address. We
should call __free_pages() directly on our page instead.
Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola at gmail.com>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index eae65136cdfb..7f3fd72678eb 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -488,8 +488,7 @@ static unsigned long return_free_pages_to_mm(struct virtio_balloon *vb,
page = balloon_page_pop(&vb->free_page_list);
if (!page)
break;
- free_pages((unsigned long)page_address(page),
- VIRTIO_BALLOON_HINT_BLOCK_ORDER);
+ __free_pages(page, VIRTIO_BALLOON_HINT_BLOCK_ORDER);
}
vb->num_free_page_blocks -= num_returned;
spin_unlock_irq(&vb->free_page_list_lock);
@@ -719,8 +718,7 @@ static int get_free_page_and_send(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
if (vq->num_free > 1) {
err = virtqueue_add_inbuf(vq, &sg, 1, p, GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(err)) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)p,
- VIRTIO_BALLOON_HINT_BLOCK_ORDER);
+ __free_pages(page, VIRTIO_BALLOON_HINT_BLOCK_ORDER);
return err;
}
virtqueue_kick(vq);
@@ -733,7 +731,7 @@ static int get_free_page_and_send(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
* The vq has no available entry to add this page block, so
* just free it.
*/
- free_pages((unsigned long)p, VIRTIO_BALLOON_HINT_BLOCK_ORDER);
+ __free_pages(page, VIRTIO_BALLOON_HINT_BLOCK_ORDER);
}
return 0;
--
2.51.0
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