linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] LoongArch: Use static defined zero page rather than allocated

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Date:   Tue,  5 Sep 2023 16:01:47 +0800
From:   Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn>
To:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
Cc:     WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] LoongArch: Use static defined zero page rather than allocated

Like other popular architectures, zero page is defined in kernel
BSS code segment, rather than dynamically alloted page. It is
simpler.

Signed-off-by: Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn>
---
 arch/loongarch/include/asm/mmzone.h  |  2 --
 arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h |  6 ++----
 arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c         |  1 -
 arch/loongarch/mm/init.c             | 21 +--------------------
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/mmzone.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/mmzone.h
index fe67d0b4b33d..2b9a90727e19 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/mmzone.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/mmzone.h
@@ -13,6 +13,4 @@ extern struct pglist_data *node_data[];
 
 #define NODE_DATA(nid)	(node_data[(nid)])
 
-extern void setup_zero_pages(void);
-
 #endif /* _ASM_MMZONE_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 342c5f9c25d2..70bd57daf42a 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  * for zero-mapped memory areas etc..
  */
 
-extern unsigned long empty_zero_page;
-
-#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) \
-	(virt_to_page((void *)(empty_zero_page)))
+extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
+#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)	((void)(vaddr), virt_to_page(empty_zero_page))
 
 /*
  * TLB refill handlers may also map the vmalloc area into xkvrange.
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c
index 708665895b47..6f464d49f0c2 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/numa.c
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	high_memory = (void *) __va(get_num_physpages() << PAGE_SHIFT);
 	memblock_free_all();
-	setup_zero_pages();	/* This comes from node 0 */
 }
 
 int pcibus_to_node(struct pci_bus *bus)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c
index 8ec668f97b00..628ebe42b519 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c
@@ -35,27 +35,9 @@
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 
-unsigned long empty_zero_page;
+unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
 
-void setup_zero_pages(void)
-{
-	unsigned int order, i;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	order = 0;
-
-	empty_zero_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, order);
-	if (!empty_zero_page)
-		panic("Oh boy, that early out of memory?");
-
-	page = virt_to_page((void *)empty_zero_page);
-	split_page(page, order);
-	for (i = 0; i < (1 << order); i++, page++)
-		mark_page_reserved(page);
-
-}
-
 void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
 	unsigned long vaddr, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
@@ -99,7 +81,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	memblock_free_all();
-	setup_zero_pages();	/* Setup zeroed pages.  */
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-- 
2.27.0