From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>, Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
rppt@kernel.org, Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com>,
derkling@google.com, reijiw@google.com,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
rientjes@google.com, "Kalyazin, Nikita" <kalyazin@amazon.co.uk>,
patrick.roy@linux.dev, "Itazuri, Takahiro" <itazur@amazon.co.uk>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/22] x86/mm: split out preallocate_sub_pgd()
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:23:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320-page_alloc-unmapped-v2-1-28bf1bd54f41@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260320-page_alloc-unmapped-v2-0-28bf1bd54f41@google.com>
This code will be needed elsewhere in a following patch. Split out the
trivial code move for easy review.
This changes the logging slightly: instead of panic() directly reporting
the level of the failure, there is now a generic panic message which
will be preceded by a separate warn that reports the level of the
failure. This is a simple way to have this helper suit the needs of its
new user as well as the existing one.
Other than logging, no functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 44 +++++++-----------------------------------
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index c88691b15f3c6..3541b86c9c6b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#ifndef _ASM_X86_PGALLOC_H
#define _ASM_X86_PGALLOC_H
+#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/threads.h>
#include <linux/mm.h> /* for struct page */
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
@@ -128,6 +129,38 @@ static inline void __pud_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
___pud_free_tlb(tlb, pud);
}
+/* Allocate a pagetable pointed to by the top hardware level. */
+static inline int preallocate_sub_pgd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ const char *lvl;
+ p4d_t *p4d;
+ pud_t *pud;
+
+ lvl = "p4d";
+ p4d = p4d_alloc(mm, pgd_offset_pgd(mm->pgd, addr), addr);
+ if (!p4d)
+ goto failed;
+
+ if (pgtable_l5_enabled())
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * On 4-level systems, the P4D layer is folded away and
+ * the above code does no preallocation. Below, go down
+ * to the pud _software_ level to ensure the second
+ * hardware level is allocated on 4-level systems too.
+ */
+ lvl = "pud";
+ pud = pud_alloc(mm, p4d, addr);
+ if (!pud)
+ goto failed;
+ return 0;
+
+failed:
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("Failed to preallocate %s\n", lvl);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
#if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 4
static inline void pgd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, p4d_t *p4d)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index df2261fa4f985..79806386dc42f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1318,46 +1318,16 @@ static void __init register_page_bootmem_info(void)
static void __init preallocate_vmalloc_pages(void)
{
unsigned long addr;
- const char *lvl;
for (addr = VMALLOC_START; addr <= VMEMORY_END; addr = ALIGN(addr + 1, PGDIR_SIZE)) {
- pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
- p4d_t *p4d;
- pud_t *pud;
-
- lvl = "p4d";
- p4d = p4d_alloc(&init_mm, pgd, addr);
- if (!p4d)
- goto failed;
-
- if (pgtable_l5_enabled())
- continue;
-
- /*
- * The goal here is to allocate all possibly required
- * hardware page tables pointed to by the top hardware
- * level.
- *
- * On 4-level systems, the P4D layer is folded away and
- * the above code does no preallocation. Below, go down
- * to the pud _software_ level to ensure the second
- * hardware level is allocated on 4-level systems too.
- */
- lvl = "pud";
- pud = pud_alloc(&init_mm, p4d, addr);
- if (!pud)
- goto failed;
+ if (preallocate_sub_pgd(&init_mm, addr)) {
+ /*
+ * The pages have to be there now or they will be
+ * missing in process page-tables later.
+ */
+ panic("Failed to pre-allocate pagetables for vmalloc area\n");
+ }
}
-
- return;
-
-failed:
-
- /*
- * The pages have to be there now or they will be missing in
- * process page-tables later.
- */
- panic("Failed to pre-allocate %s pages for vmalloc area\n", lvl);
}
void __init arch_mm_preinit(void)
--
2.51.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 18:23 [PATCH v2 00/22] mm: Add __GFP_UNMAPPED Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2026-03-20 19:42 ` [PATCH v2 01/22] x86/mm: split out preallocate_sub_pgd() Dave Hansen
2026-03-23 11:01 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-24 15:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-25 13:28 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 02/22] x86/mm: Generalize LDT remap into "mm-local region" Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 19:47 ` Dave Hansen
2026-03-23 12:01 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-23 12:57 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-25 14:23 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 03/22] x86/tlb: Expose some flush function declarations to modules Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 04/22] mm: Create flags arg for __apply_to_page_range() Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 05/22] mm: Add more flags " Brendan Jackman
2026-03-26 16:14 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 06/22] x86/mm: introduce the mermap Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 07/22] mm: KUnit tests for " Brendan Jackman
2026-03-24 8:00 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 08/22] mm: introduce for_each_free_list() Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 13:46 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 09/22] mm/page_alloc: don't overload migratetype in find_suitable_fallback() Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 13:51 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-11 16:44 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 16:53 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 10/22] mm: introduce freetype_t Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 15:34 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-11 16:49 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 16:58 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-11 18:17 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-11 18:26 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 11/22] mm: move migratetype definitions to freetype.h Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 15:35 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 12/22] mm: add definitions for allocating unmapped pages Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 18:01 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 13/22] mm: rejig pageblock mask definitions Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 18:07 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 14/22] mm: encode freetype flags in pageblock flags Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 18:29 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 15/22] mm/page_alloc: remove ifdefs from pindex helpers Brendan Jackman
2026-05-11 18:30 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-12 9:49 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 16/22] mm/page_alloc: separate pcplists by freetype flags Brendan Jackman
2026-05-13 8:46 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 17/22] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_NON_BLOCK back to _HARDER Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 18/22] mm/page_alloc: introduce ALLOC_NOBLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-05-13 9:43 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-15 13:36 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-05-15 15:52 ` Gregory Price
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 19/22] mm/page_alloc: implement __GFP_UNMAPPED allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-05-13 15:43 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-15 16:46 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 20/22] mm/page_alloc: implement __GFP_UNMAPPED|__GFP_ZERO allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-05-13 17:00 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-15 16:50 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 21/22] mm: Minimal KUnit tests for some new page_alloc logic Brendan Jackman
2026-03-20 18:23 ` [PATCH v2 22/22] mm/secretmem: Use __GFP_UNMAPPED when available Brendan Jackman
2026-03-31 14:40 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-05-13 16:17 ` [PATCH v2 00/22] mm: Add __GFP_UNMAPPED Gregory Price
2026-05-13 17:14 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-05-13 17:28 ` Gregory Price
2026-05-13 17:38 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-13 17:59 ` Gregory Price
2026-05-15 9:31 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-05-15 16:04 ` Gregory Price
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