[PATCH 04/49] mm/sparse: add a @pgmap parameter to arch vmemmap_populate()

Muchun Song songmuchun at bytedance.com
Sun Apr 5 22:51:55 AEST 2026


Add the struct dev_pagemap pointer as a parameter to the architecture
specific vmemmap_populate(), vmemmap_populate_hugepages() and
vmemmap_populate_basepages() functions.

Currently, the vmemmap optimization for DAX is handled mostly in an
architecture-agnostic way via vmemmap_populate_compound_pages().
However, this approach skips crucial architecture-specific initialization
steps. For example, the x86 path must call sync_global_pgds() after
populating the vmemmap, which is currently being bypassed.

To fix this, we need to push the awareness of device memory optimization
(via the pgmap) down into the architecture-specific vmemmap_populate()
paths. This will allow each architecture to handle the optimization while
ensuring their specific initialization routines (like page directory
synchronization) are correctly invoked.

This is a preparatory patch only; it changes no behavior. The actual
architecture-specific implementations and fixes will follow.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun at bytedance.com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c                        |  6 +++---
 arch/loongarch/mm/init.c                   |  7 ++++---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h |  3 ++-
 arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c   |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c                  |  4 ++--
 arch/riscv/mm/init.c                       |  4 ++--
 arch/s390/mm/vmem.c                        |  2 +-
 arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c                    |  5 +++--
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c                      |  8 ++++----
 include/linux/mm.h                         |  8 +++++---
 mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c                       |  4 ++--
 mm/sparse-vmemmap.c                        | 10 ++++++----
 12 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index dc8a8281888c..86162aab5185 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, int node,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-		struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	WARN_ON((start < VMEMMAP_START) || (end > VMEMMAP_END));
 	/* [start, end] should be within one section */
@@ -1768,9 +1768,9 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES) ||
 	    (end - start < PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page)))
-		return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, altmap);
+		return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, altmap, pgmap);
 	else
-		return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap);
+		return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap, pgmap);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c
index c9c57f08fa2c..d61c2e09caae 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c
@@ -123,12 +123,13 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, int node,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+			       struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 2
-	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
+	return vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL, pgmap);
 #else
-	return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, NULL);
+	return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, NULL, pgmap);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index da954e779744..bde07c6f900f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ extern int __meminit radix__vmemmap_create_mapping(unsigned long start,
 					     unsigned long page_size,
 					     unsigned long phys);
 int __meminit radix__vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-				      int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+				      int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+				      struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
 void __ref radix__vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
 extern void radix__vmemmap_remove_mapping(unsigned long start,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 10aced261cff..568500343e5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ static inline pte_t *vmemmap_pte_alloc(pmd_t *pmdp, int node,
 
 
 int __meminit radix__vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-				      struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+				      struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long next;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index b6f3ae03ca9e..8f4aa5b32186 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ static int __meminit __vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	if (radix_enabled())
-		return radix__vmemmap_populate(start, end, node, altmap);
+		return radix__vmemmap_populate(start, end, node, altmap, pgmap);
 #endif
 
 	return __vmemmap_populate(start, end, node, altmap);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 980f693e6b19..277c89661dff 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, int node,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Note that SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP is only selected for rv64 and that we
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 	 * memory hotplug, we are not able to update all the page tables with
 	 * the new PMDs.
 	 */
-	return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap);
+	return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap, pgmap);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index eeadff45e0e1..a7bf8d3d5601 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static void vmem_remove_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
  * Add a backed mem_map array to the virtual mem_map array.
  */
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+			       struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 367c269305e5..f870ca330f9e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2591,9 +2591,10 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, int node,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long vstart, unsigned long vend,
-			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+			       struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
-	return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(vstart, vend, node, NULL);
+	return vmemmap_populate_hugepages(vstart, vend, node, NULL, pgmap);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 77b889b71cf3..e18cc81a30b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, int node,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-		struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -1565,15 +1565,15 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
 	VM_BUG_ON(!PAGE_ALIGNED(end));
 
 	if (end - start < PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page))
-		err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
+		err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL, pgmap);
 	else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PSE))
-		err = vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap);
+		err = vmemmap_populate_hugepages(start, end, node, altmap, pgmap);
 	else if (altmap) {
 		pr_err_once("%s: no cpu support for altmap allocations\n",
 				__func__);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 	} else
-		err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
+		err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL, pgmap);
 	if (!err)
 		sync_global_pgds(start, end - 1);
 	return err;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 0b776907152e..bebc5f892f81 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4877,11 +4877,13 @@ void vmemmap_set_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, void *p, int node,
 int vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, int node,
 		      unsigned long addr, unsigned long next);
 int vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+			       struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
 int vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+			       int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+			       struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
 int vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
-		struct vmem_altmap *altmap);
+		struct vmem_altmap *altmap, struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
 int vmemmap_populate_hvo(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			 unsigned int order, struct zone *zone,
 			 unsigned long headsize);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 4a077d231d3a..50b7123f3bdd 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init_late(int nid)
 			 */
 			list_del(&m->list);
 
-			vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, NULL);
+			vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, NULL, NULL);
 			nr_mmap = end - start;
 			memmap_boot_pages_add(DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_mmap, PAGE_SIZE));
 
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init_late(int nid)
 		if (vmemmap_populate_hvo(start, end, huge_page_order(h), zone,
 					 HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE) < 0) {
 			/* Fallback if HVO population fails */
-			vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, NULL);
+			vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, NULL, NULL);
 			nr_mmap = end - start;
 		} else {
 			m->flags |= HUGE_BOOTMEM_ZONES_VALID;
diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
index 0ef96b1afbcc..387337bba05e 100644
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ static int __meminit vmemmap_populate_range(unsigned long start,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate_basepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+					 struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	return vmemmap_populate_range(start, end, node, altmap, -1, 0);
 }
@@ -400,7 +401,8 @@ int __weak __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, int node,
 }
 
 int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+					 int node, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
+					 struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long next;
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			}
 		} else if (vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd, node, addr, next))
 			continue;
-		if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node, altmap))
+		if (vmemmap_populate_basepages(addr, next, node, altmap, pgmap))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ struct page * __meminit __populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
 	if (vmemmap_can_optimize(altmap, pgmap))
 		r = vmemmap_populate_compound_pages(pfn, start, end, nid, pgmap);
 	else
-		r = vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, altmap);
+		r = vmemmap_populate(start, end, nid, altmap, pgmap);
 
 	if (r < 0)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.20.1



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