On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 09:46:23PM +0100, Usama Arif wrote: > Whether the initialization of tail struct pages of a hugepage > happens or not will become dependent on the commandline > parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap in the future. Hence, > hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages needs to be after command line parameters > are parsed and the start of mm_core_init is a good point. > > Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/hugetlb.h | 1 + > mm/hugetlb.c | 18 ++++++++++-------- > mm/mm_init.c | 4 ++++ > 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h > index ca3c8e10f24a..2b20553deef3 100644 > --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h > +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h > @@ -1271,4 +1271,5 @@ hugetlb_walk(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz) > return huge_pte_offset(vma->vm_mm, addr, sz); > } > > +void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_gigantic_pages(void); this should be in mm/internal.h with a static inline stub for !CONFIG_HUGETLBFS > #endif /* _LINUX_HUGETLB_H */ > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c > index 58cf5978bee1..c1fcf2af591a 100644 > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c > @@ -4418,14 +4418,6 @@ static int __init hugepages_setup(char *s) > } > } > > - /* > - * Global state is always initialized later in hugetlb_init. > - * But we need to allocate gigantic hstates here early to still > - * use the bootmem allocator. > - */ > - if (hugetlb_max_hstate && hstate_is_gigantic(parsed_hstate)) > - hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(parsed_hstate); > - > last_mhp = mhp; > > return 1; > @@ -4437,6 +4429,16 @@ static int __init hugepages_setup(char *s) > } > __setup("hugepages=", hugepages_setup); > > +void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_gigantic_pages(void) > +{ > + int i; > + > + for (i = 0; i < HUGE_MAX_HSTATE; i++) { > + if (hstate_is_gigantic(&hstates[i])) > + hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(&hstates[i]); > + } > +} > + > /* > * hugepagesz command line processing > * A specific huge page size can only be specified once with hugepagesz. > diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c > index a1963c3322af..5585c66c3c42 100644 > --- a/mm/mm_init.c > +++ b/mm/mm_init.c > @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ > #include <linux/pgtable.h> > #include <linux/swap.h> > #include <linux/cma.h> > +#include <linux/hugetlb.h> > #include "internal.h" > #include "slab.h" > #include "shuffle.h" > @@ -2768,6 +2769,9 @@ static void __init mem_init_print_info(void) > */ > void __init mm_core_init(void) > { > +#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLBFS > + hugetlb_hstate_alloc_gigantic_pages(); > +#endif Please add a comment why it should be called here. > /* Initializations relying on SMP setup */ > build_all_zonelists(NULL); > page_alloc_init_cpuhp(); > -- > 2.25.1 > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.