From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
To: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jason Miu <jasonmiu@google.com>,
kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] kho: allow early-boot usage of the KHO radix tree
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 23:37:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ag-W3t7CSFHw4Wej@plex> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260429133928.850721-7-pratyush@kernel.org>
On 04-29 15:39, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <pratyush@kernel.org>
>
> The KHO radix tree allocates memory for table pages from the buddy
> allocator using get_zeroed_page(). This is not available in early boot
> when memblock is still active.
>
> Using the radix tree in early boot is useful for KHO to track metadata
> about its memory. One such example is for tracking free blocks for
> memory allocation when scratch runs out of space. This feature will be
> added in the following commits.
>
> Add kho_radix_{alloc,free}_node() which allocate and free the table
> pages. They use slab_is_available() to decide which allocator to use.
> While slab_is_available() indicates availability of the slab allocator,
> it gets initialized right before buddy so it serves the same practical
> purpose.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> ---
> kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> index d0a4f78eccfe..47f7c4a2865e 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
> @@ -143,6 +143,26 @@ static unsigned long kho_radix_get_table_index(unsigned long key,
> return (key >> s) % (1 << KHO_TABLE_SIZE_LOG2);
> }
>
> +static void __ref *kho_radix_alloc_node(void)
> +{
> + struct kho_radix_node *node;
> +
> + if (slab_is_available())
> + node = (struct kho_radix_node *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> + else
> + node = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> + return node;
> +}
> +
> +static void __ref kho_radix_free_node(struct kho_radix_node *node)
> +{
> + if (slab_is_available())
> + free_page((unsigned long)node);
> + else
> + memblock_free(node, PAGE_SIZE);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * kho_radix_add_key - Add a key to the radix tree.
> * @tree: The KHO radix tree.
> @@ -183,7 +203,7 @@ int kho_radix_add_key(struct kho_radix_tree *tree, unsigned long key)
> }
>
> /* Next node is empty, create a new node for it */
> - new_node = (struct kho_radix_node *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> + new_node = kho_radix_alloc_node();
> if (!new_node) {
> err = -ENOMEM;
> goto err_free_nodes;
> @@ -214,7 +234,7 @@ int kho_radix_add_key(struct kho_radix_tree *tree, unsigned long key)
> err_free_nodes:
> for (i = KHO_TREE_MAX_DEPTH - 1; i > 0; i--) {
> if (intermediate_nodes[i])
> - free_page((unsigned long)intermediate_nodes[i]);
> + kho_radix_free_node(intermediate_nodes[i]);
> }
> if (anchor_node)
> anchor_node->table[anchor_idx] = 0;
> --
> 2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-21 23:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-29 13:39 [PATCH 00/12] kho: make boot time huge page allocation work nicely with KHO Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 01/12] kho: generalize radix tree APIs Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-04 14:44 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-05 11:20 ` Jork Loeser
2026-05-05 12:54 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-05 13:12 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-11 11:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:25 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-13 10:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 02/12] kho: store incoming radix tree in kho_in Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 11:43 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:28 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-12 6:46 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-21 23:27 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 03/12] kho: add a struct for radix callbacks Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 11:47 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:35 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-12 6:48 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-12 9:11 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-21 23:31 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 04/12] kho: add callback for table pages Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 11:50 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:36 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 16:40 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 05/12] kho: add data argument to radix walk callback Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 11:53 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:37 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-21 23:34 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 06/12] kho: allow early-boot usage of the KHO radix tree Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 11:56 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:37 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-21 23:37 ` Pasha Tatashin [this message]
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 07/12] kho: allow destroying " Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 11:57 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-21 23:46 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-22 13:24 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 08/12] kho: add kho_radix_init_tree() Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-06 10:51 ` Jork Loeser
2026-05-11 11:05 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 09/12] memblock: introduce MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 12:06 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:46 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-22 0:48 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-22 15:02 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 10/12] kho: extended scratch Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-17 10:17 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 11/12] kho: return virtual address of mem_map Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-11 12:13 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-11 16:48 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-12 6:51 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 12/12] mm/hugetlb: make bootmem allocation work with KHO Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-17 10:05 ` Mike Rapoport
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