From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 5/5] x86/mm: drop unnecessary calls to sync_global_pgds() and fold into its sole user
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:42:03 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250720234203.9126-6-harry.yoo@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250720234203.9126-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Now that p*d_populate_kernel{,init}() handles page table synchronization,
calling sync_global_pgds() is no longer necessary. Remove those
redundant calls.
Additionally, since arch_sync_kernel_mappings() is now the only remaining
caller of sync_global_pgds(), fold the function into its user.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 17 ++---------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index e4922b9c8403..f1507de3b7a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static void sync_global_pgds_l4(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
* When memory was added make sure all the processes MM have
* suitable PGD entries in the local PGD level page.
*/
-static void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+void arch_sync_kernel_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
if (pgtable_l5_enabled())
sync_global_pgds_l5(start, end);
@@ -236,11 +236,6 @@ static void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
sync_global_pgds_l4(start, end);
}
-void arch_sync_kernel_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
-{
- sync_global_pgds(start, end);
-}
-
/*
* NOTE: This function is marked __ref because it calls __init function
* (alloc_bootmem_pages). It's safe to do it ONLY when after_bootmem == 0.
@@ -746,13 +741,11 @@ __kernel_physical_mapping_init(unsigned long paddr_start,
unsigned long page_size_mask,
pgprot_t prot, bool init)
{
- bool pgd_changed = false;
- unsigned long vaddr, vaddr_start, vaddr_end, vaddr_next, paddr_last;
+ unsigned long vaddr, vaddr_end, vaddr_next, paddr_last;
paddr_last = paddr_end;
vaddr = (unsigned long)__va(paddr_start);
vaddr_end = (unsigned long)__va(paddr_end);
- vaddr_start = vaddr;
for (; vaddr < vaddr_end; vaddr = vaddr_next) {
pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(vaddr);
@@ -781,12 +774,8 @@ __kernel_physical_mapping_init(unsigned long paddr_start,
(pud_t *) p4d, init);
spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
- pgd_changed = true;
}
- if (pgd_changed)
- sync_global_pgds(vaddr_start, vaddr_end - 1);
-
return paddr_last;
}
@@ -1580,8 +1569,6 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
err = -ENOMEM;
} else
err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
- if (!err)
- sync_global_pgds(start, end - 1);
return err;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-20 23:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-20 23:41 [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 0/5] mm, arch: a more robust approach to sync top level kernel page tables Harry Yoo
2025-07-20 23:41 ` [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 1/5] mm: move page table sync declarations to asm/pgalloc.h Harry Yoo
2025-07-20 23:42 ` [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 2/5] mm: introduce and use {pgd,p4d}_populate_kernel() Harry Yoo
2025-07-20 23:42 ` [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 3/5] x86/mm: define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings() Harry Yoo
2025-07-20 23:42 ` [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 4/5] x86/mm: convert p*d_populate{,_init} to _kernel variants Harry Yoo
2025-07-20 23:42 ` Harry Yoo [this message]
2025-07-20 23:57 ` [PATCH v2 mm-hotfixes 0/5] mm, arch: a more robust approach to sync top level kernel page tables Harry Yoo
2025-07-21 11:46 ` Harry Yoo
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