+ mm-mm_init-make-memmap_init_compound-look-more-like-prep_compound_page.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-mm_init-make-memmap_init_compound-look-more-like-prep_compound_page.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/mm_init: make memmap_init_compound() look more like prep_compound_page()
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-mm_init-make-memmap_init_compound-look-more-like-prep_compound_page.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mm_init-make-memmap_init_compound-look-more-like-prep_compound_page.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Subject: mm/mm_init: make memmap_init_compound() look more like prep_compound_page()
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 17:03:30 +0200

Grepping for "prep_compound_page" leaves on clueless how devdax gets its
compound pages initialized.

Let's add a comment that might help finding this open-coded
prep_compound_page() initialization more easily.

Further, let's be less smart about the ordering of initialization and just
perform the prep_compound_head() call after all tail pages were
initialized: just like prep_compound_page() does.

No need for a comment to describe the initialization order: again, just
like prep_compound_page().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250901150359.867252-10-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/mm_init.c |   15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/mm_init.c~mm-mm_init-make-memmap_init_compound-look-more-like-prep_compound_page
+++ a/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(s
 	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn = head_pfn + nr_pages;
 	unsigned int order = pgmap->vmemmap_shift;
 
+	/*
+	 * We have to initialize the pages, including setting up page links.
+	 * prep_compound_page() does not take care of that, so instead we
+	 * open-code prep_compound_page() so we can take care of initializing
+	 * the pages in the same go.
+	 */
 	__SetPageHead(head);
 	for (pfn = head_pfn + 1; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
 		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
@@ -1098,15 +1104,8 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(s
 		__init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
 		prep_compound_tail(head, pfn - head_pfn);
 		set_page_count(page, 0);
-
-		/*
-		 * The first tail page stores important compound page info.
-		 * Call prep_compound_head() after the first tail page has
-		 * been initialized, to not have the data overwritten.
-		 */
-		if (pfn == head_pfn + 1)
-			prep_compound_head(head, order);
 	}
+	prep_compound_head(head, order);
 }
 
 void __ref memmap_init_zone_device(struct zone *zone,
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@redhat.com are

mm-migrate-remove-migratepage_unmap.patch
mm-migrate-remove-migratepage_unmap-fix.patch
treewide-remove-migratepage_success.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-more-common-code-into-insert_pmd.patch
mm-huge_memory-move-more-common-code-into-insert_pud.patch
mm-huge_memory-support-huge-zero-folio-in-vmf_insert_folio_pmd.patch
fs-dax-use-vmf_insert_folio_pmd-to-insert-the-huge-zero-folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-mark-pmd-mappings-of-the-huge-zero-folio-special.patch
powerpc-ptdump-rename-struct-pgtable_level-to-struct-ptdump_pglevel.patch
mm-rmap-convert-enum-rmap_level-to-enum-pgtable_level.patch
mm-memory-convert-print_bad_pte-to-print_bad_page_map.patch
mm-memory-convert-print_bad_pte-to-print_bad_page_map-fix.patch
mm-memory-factor-out-common-code-from-vm_normal_page_.patch
mm-introduce-and-use-vm_normal_page_pud.patch
mm-rename-vm_ops-find_special_page-to-vm_ops-find_normal_page.patch
prctl-extend-pr_set_thp_disable-to-optionally-exclude-vm_hugepage.patch
mm-huge_memory-convert-tva_flags-to-enum-tva_type.patch
mm-huge_memory-respect-madv_collapse-with-pr_thp_disable_except_advised.patch
mm-stop-making-sparsemem_vmemmap-user-selectable.patch
arm64-kconfig-drop-superfluous-select-sparsemem_vmemmap.patch
s390-kconfig-drop-superfluous-select-sparsemem_vmemmap.patch
x86-kconfig-drop-superfluous-select-sparsemem_vmemmap.patch
wireguard-selftests-remove-config_sparsemem_vmemmap=y-from-qemu-kernel-config.patch
mm-page_alloc-reject-unreasonable-folio-compound-page-sizes-in-alloc_contig_range_noprof.patch
mm-memremap-reject-unreasonable-folio-compound-page-sizes-in-memremap_pages.patch
mm-hugetlb-check-for-unreasonable-folio-sizes-when-registering-hstate.patch
mm-mm_init-make-memmap_init_compound-look-more-like-prep_compound_page.patch
mm-sanity-check-maximum-folio-size-in-folio_set_order.patch
mm-limit-folio-compound-page-sizes-in-problematic-kernel-configs.patch
mm-simplify-folio_page-and-folio_page_idx.patch
mm-hugetlb-cleanup-hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap.patch
mm-mm-percpu-km-drop-nth_page-usage-within-single-allocation.patch
fs-hugetlbfs-remove-nth_page-usage-within-folio-in-adjust_range_hwpoison.patch
fs-hugetlbfs-cleanup-folio-in-adjust_range_hwpoison.patch
mm-pagewalk-drop-nth_page-usage-within-folio-in-folio_walk_start.patch
mm-gup-drop-nth_page-usage-within-folio-when-recording-subpages.patch
mm-gup-remove-record_subpages.patch
io_uring-zcrx-remove-nth_page-usage-within-folio.patch
mips-mm-convert-__flush_dcache_pages-to-__flush_dcache_folio_pages.patch
mm-cma-refuse-handing-out-non-contiguous-page-ranges.patch
dma-remap-drop-nth_page-in-dma_common_contiguous_remap.patch
scatterlist-disallow-non-contigous-page-ranges-in-a-single-sg-entry.patch
ata-libata-sff-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
drm-i915-gem-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
mspro_block-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
memstick-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
mmc-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
scsi-scsi_lib-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
scsi-sg-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
vfio-pci-drop-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
crypto-remove-nth_page-usage-within-sg-entry.patch
mm-gup-drop-nth_page-usage-in-unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock.patch
kfence-drop-nth_page-usage.patch
block-update-comment-of-struct-bio_vec-regarding-nth_page.patch
mm-remove-nth_page.patch