Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] mm: intorduce __GFP_UNMAPPED and unmapped_alloc()

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:56:37AM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-03-08 at 11:41 +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > +
> > +static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page, unsigned int
> > order,
> > +                                  bool cache_refill)
> > +{
> > +       unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> > +       unsigned long buddy_pfn;
> > +       unsigned long combined_pfn;
> > +       struct page *buddy;
> > +       unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > +       spin_lock_irqsave(&free_area->lock, flags);
> > +
> > +       if (cache_refill) {
> > +               set_pageblock_unmapped(page);
> > +               free_area[order].nr_cached++;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       while (order < MAX_ORDER - 1) {
> > +               buddy = find_unmapped_buddy_page_pfn(page, pfn,
> > order,
> > +                                                    &buddy_pfn);
> > +               if (!buddy)
> > +                       break;
> > +
> > +               del_page_from_free_list(buddy, order);
> > +               combined_pfn = buddy_pfn & pfn;
> > +               page = page + (combined_pfn - pfn);
> > +               pfn = combined_pfn;
> > +               order++;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       set_unmapped_order(page, order);
> > +       add_to_free_list(page, order);
> > +       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_area->lock, flags);
> > +}
> > +
> 
> The page has to be zeroed before it goes back on the list, right? I
> didn't see it.

You are right, I missed it.

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.