From: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
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>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/12] memblock: introduce MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:39:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260429133928.850721-10-pratyush@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260429133928.850721-1-pratyush@kernel.org>
From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <pratyush@kernel.org>
In the upcoming commits, the KHO will learn how to discover free blocks
of memory by walking the KHO radix tree. It will then mark those regions
as scratch to allow memory allocation in case scratch runs low.
To differentiate the extended scratch areas from the main scratch areas,
introduce MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT. Use it when choosing memblock flags
for allocations during scratch-only. Teach should_skip_region() to check
for both flags before deciding if the region should be skipped.
Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>
---
Notes:
Checkpatch complains about no space after MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT in
the declaration, but doing so makes it nicely align with all the other
numbers. Mike, if you'd like I can add some whitespace.
include/linux/memblock.h | 10 ++++++++++
mm/memblock.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 5afcd99aa8c1..4f535ca4947a 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
* memory reservations yet, so we get scratch memory from the previous
* kernel that we know is good to use. It is the only memory that
* allocations may happen from in this phase.
+ * @MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT: same as MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH but was discovered at
+ * boot time by finding gaps in preserved memory instead of being passed from
+ * previous kernel. Does not get passed to the next kernel.
*/
enum memblock_flags {
MEMBLOCK_NONE = 0x0, /* No special request */
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ enum memblock_flags {
MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT = 0x10, /* don't initialize struct pages */
MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN = 0x20, /* memory reserved for kernel use */
MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH = 0x40, /* scratch memory for kexec handover */
+ MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT= 0x80, /* extended scratch memory for KHO */
};
/**
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ int memblock_clear_nomap(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_reserved_mark_noinit(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_reserved_mark_kern(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_mark_kho_scratch(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
+int memblock_mark_kho_scratch_ext(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_clear_kho_scratch(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
void memblock_free(void *ptr, size_t size);
@@ -304,6 +309,11 @@ static inline bool memblock_is_kho_scratch(struct memblock_region *m)
return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH;
}
+static inline bool memblock_is_kho_scratch_ext(struct memblock_region *m)
+{
+ return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT;
+}
+
int memblock_search_pfn_nid(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long *start_pfn,
unsigned long *end_pfn);
void __next_mem_pfn_range(int *idx, int nid, unsigned long *out_start_pfn,
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 01a962681726..79443e004361 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static enum memblock_flags __init_memblock choose_memblock_flags(void)
{
/* skip non-scratch memory for kho early boot allocations */
if (kho_scratch_only)
- return MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH;
+ return MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH | MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT;
return system_has_some_mirror ? MEMBLOCK_MIRROR : MEMBLOCK_NONE;
}
@@ -1178,8 +1178,9 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_reserved_mark_kern(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t si
* @base: the base phys addr of the region
* @size: the size of the region
*
- * Only memory regions marked with %MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH will be considered
- * for allocations during early boot with kexec handover.
+ * Only memory regions marked with %MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH or
+ * %MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT will be considered for allocations during early
+ * boot with kexec handover.
*
* Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
*/
@@ -1203,6 +1204,23 @@ __init int memblock_clear_kho_scratch(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH);
}
+/**
+ * memblock_mark_kho_scratch_ext - Mark a memory region as MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT.
+ * @base: the base phys addr of the region
+ * @size: the size of the region
+ *
+ * Only memory regions marked with %MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH or
+ * %MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT will be considered for allocations during early
+ * boot with kexec handover.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
+__init int memblock_mark_kho_scratch_ext(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
+{
+ return memblock_setclr_flag(&memblock.memory, base, size, 1,
+ MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT);
+}
+
static bool should_skip_region(struct memblock_type *type,
struct memblock_region *m,
int nid, int flags)
@@ -1236,10 +1254,20 @@ static bool should_skip_region(struct memblock_type *type,
/*
* In early alloc during kexec handover, we can only consider
- * MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH regions for the allocations
+ * MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH or MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT regions for the
+ * allocations.
*/
- if ((flags & MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH) && !memblock_is_kho_scratch(m))
- return true;
+ if (flags & (MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH | MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT)) {
+ bool skip = true;
+
+ if ((flags & MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH) && memblock_is_kho_scratch(m))
+ skip = false;
+
+ if ((flags & MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT) && memblock_is_kho_scratch_ext(m))
+ skip = false;
+
+ return skip;
+ }
return false;
}
@@ -2799,6 +2827,7 @@ static const char * const flagname[] = {
[ilog2(MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT)] = "RSV_NIT",
[ilog2(MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN)] = "RSV_KERN",
[ilog2(MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH)] = "KHO_SCRATCH",
+ [ilog2(MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH_EXT)] = "KHO_SCRATCH_EXT",
};
static int memblock_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *private)
--
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-29 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ 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
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 02/12] kho: store incoming radix tree in kho_in Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 03/12] kho: add a struct for radix callbacks Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 04/12] kho: add callback for table pages Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 05/12] kho: add data argument to radix walk callback Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 06/12] kho: allow early-boot usage of the KHO radix tree Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 07/12] kho: allow destroying " Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 08/12] kho: add kho_radix_init_tree() Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` Pratyush Yadav [this message]
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 10/12] kho: extended scratch Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 11/12] kho: return virtual address of mem_map Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-29 13:39 ` [PATCH 12/12] mm/hugetlb: make bootmem allocation work with KHO Pratyush Yadav
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