linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] x86: Stop calling page_address() in free

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Message-ID: <aLl9KneqOYTujcCh@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 14:51:06 +0300
From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] x86: Stop calling page_address() in free_pages()

On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 11:59:17AM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> free_pages() should be used when we only have a virtual address. We
> should call __free_pages() directly on our page instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c          | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/memmap.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> index b9426fce5f3e..0e4270e20fad 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static void __meminit free_pagetable(struct page *page, int order)
>  		free_reserved_pages(page, nr_pages);
>  #endif
>  	} else {
> -		free_pages((unsigned long)page_address(page), order);
> +		__free_pages(page, order);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/memmap.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/memmap.c
> index 061b8ecc71a1..023697c88910 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/memmap.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/memmap.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void __init __efi_memmap_free(u64 phys, unsigned long size, unsigned long flags)
>  		struct page *p = pfn_to_page(PHYS_PFN(phys));
>  		unsigned int order = get_order(size);
>  
> -		free_pages((unsigned long) page_address(p), order);

Could be just free_pages((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(phys), order), then
the page is not needed at all.

> +		__free_pages(p, order);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.51.0
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.