[PATCHv5 02/17] mm: Change the interface of prep_compound_tail()

Kiryl Shutsemau kas at kernel.org
Wed Jan 28 05:54:43 PST 2026


Instead of passing down the head page and tail page index, pass the tail
and head pages directly, as well as the order of the compound page.

This is a preparation for changing how the head position is encoded in
the tail page.

Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song at linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy at nvidia.com>
---
 include/linux/page-flags.h |  4 +++-
 mm/hugetlb.c               |  8 +++++---
 mm/internal.h              | 12 ++++++------
 mm/mm_init.c               |  2 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c            |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index f7a0e4af0c73..8a3694369e15 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -865,7 +865,9 @@ static inline bool folio_test_large(const struct folio *folio)
 	return folio_test_head(folio);
 }
 
-static __always_inline void set_compound_head(struct page *page, struct page *head)
+static __always_inline void set_compound_head(struct page *page,
+					      const struct page *head,
+					      unsigned int order)
 {
 	WRITE_ONCE(page->compound_head, (unsigned long)head + 1);
 }
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 6e855a32de3d..54ba7cd05a86 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3168,6 +3168,7 @@ int __alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h, int nid)
 
 /* Initialize [start_page:end_page_number] tail struct pages of a hugepage */
 static void __init hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(struct folio *folio,
+					struct hstate *h,
 					unsigned long start_page_number,
 					unsigned long end_page_number)
 {
@@ -3176,6 +3177,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(struct folio *folio,
 	struct page *page = folio_page(folio, start_page_number);
 	unsigned long head_pfn = folio_pfn(folio);
 	unsigned long pfn, end_pfn = head_pfn + end_page_number;
+	unsigned int order = huge_page_order(h);
 
 	/*
 	 * As we marked all tail pages with memblock_reserved_mark_noinit(),
@@ -3183,7 +3185,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(struct folio *folio,
 	 */
 	for (pfn = head_pfn + start_page_number; pfn < end_pfn; page++, pfn++) {
 		__init_single_page(page, pfn, zone, nid);
-		prep_compound_tail((struct page *)folio, pfn - head_pfn);
+		prep_compound_tail(page, &folio->page, order);
 		set_page_count(page, 0);
 	}
 }
@@ -3203,7 +3205,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_folio_init_vmemmap(struct folio *folio,
 	__folio_set_head(folio);
 	ret = folio_ref_freeze(folio, 1);
 	VM_BUG_ON(!ret);
-	hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(folio, 1, nr_pages);
+	hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(folio, h, 1, nr_pages);
 	prep_compound_head(&folio->page, huge_page_order(h));
 }
 
@@ -3260,7 +3262,7 @@ static void __init prep_and_add_bootmem_folios(struct hstate *h,
 			 * time as this is early in boot and there should
 			 * be no contention.
 			 */
-			hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(folio,
+			hugetlb_folio_init_tail_vmemmap(folio, h,
 					HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_PAGES,
 					pages_per_huge_page(h));
 		}
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index d67e8bb75734..037ddcda25ff 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -879,13 +879,13 @@ static inline void prep_compound_head(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&folio->_deferred_list);
 }
 
-static inline void prep_compound_tail(struct page *head, int tail_idx)
+static inline void prep_compound_tail(struct page *tail,
+				      const struct page *head,
+				      unsigned int order)
 {
-	struct page *p = head + tail_idx;
-
-	p->mapping = TAIL_MAPPING;
-	set_compound_head(p, head);
-	set_page_private(p, 0);
+	tail->mapping = TAIL_MAPPING;
+	set_compound_head(tail, head, order);
+	set_page_private(tail, 0);
 }
 
 void post_alloc_hook(struct page *page, unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_flags);
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 1a29a719af58..ba50f4c4337b 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static void __ref memmap_init_compound(struct page *head,
 		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 
 		__init_zone_device_page(page, pfn, zone_idx, nid, pgmap);
-		prep_compound_tail(head, pfn - head_pfn);
+		prep_compound_tail(page, head, order);
 		set_page_count(page, 0);
 	}
 	prep_compound_head(head, order);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e4104973e22f..00c7ea958767 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 
 	__SetPageHead(page);
 	for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; i++)
-		prep_compound_tail(page, i);
+		prep_compound_tail(page + i, page, order);
 
 	prep_compound_head(page, order);
 }
-- 
2.51.2




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