[PATCH v8 1/2] kho: fix deferred initialization of scratch areas

Mike Rapoport rppt at kernel.org
Wed Apr 22 01:24:39 PDT 2026


On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 12:20:27PM +0200, Michał Cłapiński wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 8:08 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 03:11:03PM +0200, Michał Cłapiński wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 05:06:10PM +0200, Michał Cłapiński wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Michal,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 01:06:53PM +0200, Michal Clapinski wrote:
> > > > > > > @@ -2262,6 +2253,12 @@ static void __init memmap_init_reserved_range(phys_addr_t start,
> > > > > > >                * access it yet.
> > > > > > >                */
> > > > > > >               __SetPageReserved(page);
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No need for #ifdef here, there's a stub returning false for
> > > > > > CONFIG_MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH=n case.
> > > > >
> > > > > In all 3 places the #ifdef is there because MIGRATE_CMA might be
> > > > > undefined. I already broke mm-new branch in the past because of that.
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, that hurts :/
> > > >
> > > > The best I can think of is to add a static inline in memblock.h and ifdefs
> > > > around it.
> > >
> > > Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. What would that static inline contain?
> >
> > Something like this:
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH
> > static inline enum migratetype kho_scratch_migratetype(unsigned long pfn,
> >                                                        enum migratetype mt)
> > {
> >         if (memblock_is_kho_scratch_memory(PFN_PHYS(pfn)))
> >                 return MIGRATE_CMA
> >         return mt;
> > }
> > #else
> > static inline enum migratetype kho_scratch_migratetype(unsigned long pfn,
> >                                                        enum migratetype mt)
> > {
> >         return mt;
> > }
> > #endif
> 
> How would I use it for this code?
> 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH
> +             if (memblock_is_kho_scratch_memory(PFN_PHYS(pfn)) &&
> +                 pageblock_aligned(pfn))
> +                     init_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_CMA, false);
> +#endif

Something like this

		enum migratetype mt = kho_scratch_migratetype(pfn, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);

	        ...

		if (memblock_is_kho_scratch_memory(PFN_PHYS(pfn)) &&
		    pageblock_aligned(pfn)) 
			init_pageblock_migratetype(page, mt, false);

seems better to me than ifdef, even though MIGRATE_MOVABLE is bogus here.

And since we anyway changing init_pageblock_migratetype() callers in
mm_init.c the entire block in memmap_init_reserved_range() can be dropped
and the change can be done in __init_page_from_nid().

> 
> It doesn't invoke init_pageblock_migratetype unless pfn is kho scratch.
> 
> > Can't say I'm happy about the name, but could not think of something
> > better.
> >
> > > > > > > +             if (memblock_is_kho_scratch_memory(PFN_PHYS(pfn)) &&
> > > > > > > +                 pageblock_aligned(pfn))
> > > > > > > +                     init_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_CMA, false);
> > > > > > > +#endif
> > > > > > >       }
> > > > > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sincerely yours,
> > > > Mike.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely yours,
> > Mike.

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.



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