The patch titled Subject: mm, hugetlb: use cma_declare_contiguous_multi has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-hugetlb-use-cma_declare_contiguous_multi.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-hugetlb-use-cma_declare_contiguous_multi.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm, hugetlb: use cma_declare_contiguous_multi Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:21:44 +0000 hugetlb_cma is fine with using multiple CMA ranges, as long as it can get its gigantic pages allocated from them. So, use cma_declare_contiguous_multi to allow for multiple ranges, increasing the chances of getting what we want on systems with gaps in physical memory. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250127232207.3888640-5-fvdl@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Gushchin (Cruise) <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zhenguo Yao <yaozhenguo1@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/hugetlb.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/mm/hugetlb.c~mm-hugetlb-use-cma_declare_contiguous_multi +++ a/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -7738,9 +7738,8 @@ void __init hugetlb_cma_reserve(int orde * may be returned to CMA allocator in the case of * huge page demotion. */ - res = cma_declare_contiguous_nid(0, size, 0, - PAGE_SIZE << order, - HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER, false, name, + res = cma_declare_contiguous_multi(size, PAGE_SIZE << order, + HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER, name, &hugetlb_cma[nid], nid); if (res) { pr_warn("hugetlb_cma: reservation failed: err %d, node %d", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from fvdl@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-cma-export-total-and-free-number-of-pages-for-cma-areas.patch mm-cma-support-multiple-contiguous-ranges-if-requested.patch mm-cma-introduce-cma_intersects-function.patch mm-hugetlb-use-cma_declare_contiguous_multi.patch mm-hugetlb-fix-round-robin-bootmem-allocation.patch mm-hugetlb-remove-redundant-__clearpagereserved.patch mm-hugetlb-use-online-nodes-for-bootmem-allocation.patch mm-hugetlb-convert-cmdline-parameters-from-setup-to-early.patch x86-mm-make-register_page_bootmem_memmap-handle-pte-mappings.patch mm-bootmem_info-export-register_page_bootmem_memmap.patch mm-sparse-allow-for-alternate-vmemmap-section-init-at-boot.patch mm-hugetlb-set-migratetype-for-bootmem-folios.patch mm-define-__init_reserved_page_zone-function.patch mm-hugetlb-check-bootmem-pages-for-zone-intersections.patch mm-sparse-add-vmemmap__hvo-functions.patch mm-hugetlb-deal-with-multiple-calls-to-hugetlb_bootmem_alloc.patch mm-hugetlb-move-huge_boot_pages-list-init-to-hugetlb_bootmem_alloc.patch mm-hugetlb-add-pre-hvo-framework.patch mm-hugetlb_vmemmap-fix-hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios-definition.patch mm-hugetlb-do-pre-hvo-for-bootmem-allocated-pages.patch x86-setup-call-hugetlb_bootmem_alloc-early.patch x86-mm-set-arch_want_sparsemem_vmemmap_preinit.patch mm-cma-simplify-zone-intersection-check.patch mm-cma-introduce-a-cma-validate-function.patch mm-cma-introduce-interface-for-early-reservations.patch mm-hugetlb-add-hugetlb_cma_only-cmdline-option.patch mm-hugetlb-enable-bootmem-allocation-from-cma-areas.patch