Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] mm: intorduce __GFP_UNMAPPED and unmapped_alloc()

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On Thu, 2023-03-09 at 16:39 +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:56:37AM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> > On Wed, 2023-03-08 at 11:41 +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > +
> > > +static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page, unsigned
> > > int
> > > order,
> > > +                                  bool cache_refill)
> > > +{
> > > +       unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> > > +       unsigned long buddy_pfn;
> > > +       unsigned long combined_pfn;
> > > +       struct page *buddy;
> > > +       unsigned long flags;
> > > +
> > > +       spin_lock_irqsave(&free_area->lock, flags);
> > > +
> > > +       if (cache_refill) {
> > > +               set_pageblock_unmapped(page);
> > > +               free_area[order].nr_cached++;
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       while (order < MAX_ORDER - 1) {
> > > +               buddy = find_unmapped_buddy_page_pfn(page, pfn,
> > > order,
> > > +                                                    &buddy_pfn);
> > > +               if (!buddy)
> > > +                       break;
> > > +
> > > +               del_page_from_free_list(buddy, order);
> > > +               combined_pfn = buddy_pfn & pfn;
> > > +               page = page + (combined_pfn - pfn);
> > > +               pfn = combined_pfn;
> > > +               order++;
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       set_unmapped_order(page, order);
> > > +       add_to_free_list(page, order);
> > > +       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_area->lock, flags);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > 
> > The page has to be zeroed before it goes back on the list, right? I
> > didn't see it.
> 
> You are right, I missed it.

The text_poke() family is probably the way on x86, but I don't think
there is a cross-arch way that doesn't involve kernel shootdowns...




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