On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 02:24:44PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote: > On Wednesday 03 Feb 2021 at 15:59:44 (+0000), Will Deacon wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 12:15:22PM +0000, Quentin Perret wrote: > > > The current stage2 page-table allocator uses a memcache to get > > > pre-allocated pages when it needs any. To allow re-using this code at > > > EL2 which uses a concept of memory pools, make the memcache argument to > > > kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() anonymous. and let the mm_ops zalloc_page() > > > callbacks use it the way they need to. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h | 6 +++--- > > > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 4 ++-- > > > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h > > > index 8e8f1d2c5e0e..d846bc3d3b77 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h > > > @@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ void kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt); > > > * @size: Size of the mapping. > > > * @phys: Physical address of the memory to map. > > > * @prot: Permissions and attributes for the mapping. > > > - * @mc: Cache of pre-allocated GFP_PGTABLE_USER memory from which to > > > - * allocate page-table pages. > > > + * @mc: Cache of pre-allocated memory from which to allocate page-table > > > + * pages. > > > > We should probably mention that this memory must be zeroed, since I don't > > think the page-table code takes care of that. > > OK, though I think this is unrelated to this change -- this is already > true today I believe. Anyhow, I'll pile a change on top. It is, but GFP_PGTABLE_USER implies __GFP_ZERO, so the existing comment captures that. Will