Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] virtio_balloon: Stop calling page_address() in free_pages()

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 11:59:21AM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> 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@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.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