From: Kaitao Cheng <kaitao.cheng@linux.dev>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
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Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Add CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:04:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260920070406.95354-1-kaitao.cheng@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Several MM paths identify classic sparse memory by testing
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM while also testing that CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP is
disabled. Repeating the compound condition obscures the memory model being
selected and requires the local SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS alias for the same
state.
Add CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC as a hidden derived option and use it at the
conditional sites. Remove SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS and test the new option
directly.
The x86 32-bit vDSO build starts with the x86_64 configuration and then
undefines CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP to emulate a 32-bit configuration.
Kconfig-derived symbols are not recomputed by the C preprocessor, so define
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC there when CONFIG_SPARSEMEM is enabled. This
preserves the existing behavior.
Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
---
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h | 3 +++
include/linux/mm.h | 12 ++++--------
include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 +-
include/linux/page-flags-layout.h | 2 +-
mm/Kconfig | 3 +++
mm/util.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h
index 72a92cb9b53d..3e07389c4d2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/fake_32bit_build.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
#define CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET 0
#define CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE 0
#define CONFIG_NR_CPUS 1
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+#define CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC 1
+#endif
#define BUILD_VDSO32_64
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ae56d6a2c9f9..b786ee73a20f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static inline void __mm_zero_struct_page(struct page *page)
extern unsigned long sysctl_user_reserve_kbytes;
extern unsigned long sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes;
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC
bool page_range_contiguous(const struct page *page, unsigned long nr_pages);
#else
static inline bool page_range_contiguous(const struct page *page,
@@ -2531,10 +2531,6 @@ static inline bool is_nommu_shared_vma_flags(const vma_flags_t *flags)
}
#endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
-#define SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS
-#endif
-
/*
* The identification function is mainly used by the buddy allocator for
* determining if two pages could be buddies. We are not really identifying
@@ -2805,7 +2801,7 @@ static inline struct zone *folio_zone(const struct folio *folio)
return &folio_pgdat(folio)->node_zones[folio_zonenum(folio)];
}
-#ifdef SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC
static inline void set_page_section(struct page *page, unsigned long section)
{
page->flags.f &= ~(SECTIONS_MASK << SECTIONS_PGSHIFT);
@@ -2823,7 +2819,7 @@ static inline unsigned long memdesc_section(const memdesc_flags_t *mdf)
ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(mdf->f, SECTIONS_MASK << SECTIONS_PGSHIFT);
return (mdf->f >> SECTIONS_PGSHIFT) & SECTIONS_MASK;
}
-#else /* !SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS */
+#else /* !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC */
static inline void set_page_section_from_pfn(struct page *page,
unsigned long pfn)
{
@@ -2833,7 +2829,7 @@ static inline unsigned long memdesc_section(const memdesc_flags_t *mdf)
{
return 0;
}
-#endif /* SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC */
/**
* folio_pfn - Return the Page Frame Number of a folio.
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ebbda6f31139..c83529ad6e35 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
* memory sections).
*/
#define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER MAX_PAGE_ORDER
-#elif defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC)
/*
* Only pages within a single memory section are guaranteed to be
* contiguous. By limiting folios to a single memory section, all folio
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h b/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h
index 760006b1c480..536003b364a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags-layout.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
* " plus space for last_cpupid: | SECTION | NODE | ZONE | LAST_CPUPID ... | FLAGS |
* classic sparse no space for node: | SECTION | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
*/
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC
#define SECTIONS_WIDTH SECTIONS_SHIFT
#else
#define SECTIONS_WIDTH 0
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 30170a936f1f..c7bbcf086f21 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ config SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
pfn_to_page and page_to_pfn operations. This is the most
efficient option when sufficient kernel resources are available.
+config SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC
+ def_bool SPARSEMEM && !SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
+
config VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION
bool
depends on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index c5ee52aede1e..6910b47ca415 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ unsigned int folio_pte_batch(struct folio *folio, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte,
}
#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_CLASSIC
/**
* page_range_contiguous - test whether the page range is contiguous
* @page: the start of the page range.
--
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-20 7:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-20 7:04 Kaitao Cheng [this message]
2026-09-20 9:59 ` Muchun Song
2026-09-21 10:34 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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