[tip: x86/core] x86/mm/64: Make SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP the only memory model

From: tip-bot2 for Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Fri May 16 2025 - 09:48:32 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 0ebb63735cd6692c0c65307e9b0d683364dfff67
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/0ebb63735cd6692c0c65307e9b0d683364dfff67
Author: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 16 May 2025 15:33:04 +03:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 16 May 2025 15:13:03 +02:00

x86/mm/64: Make SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP the only memory model

5-level paging only supports SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP. CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL is
being phased out, making 5-level paging support mandatory.

Make CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP mandatory for x86-64 and eliminate
any associated conditional statements.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250516123306.3812286-3-kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 9 +--------
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 22c60be..27f5d87 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1467,7 +1467,6 @@ config X86_PAE
config X86_5LEVEL
bool "Enable 5-level page tables support"
default y
- select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
depends on X86_64
help
5-level paging enables access to larger address space:
@@ -1579,6 +1578,7 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
def_bool y
select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
+ select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP if X86_64

config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
def_bool X86_64 || (NUMA && X86_32)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index bf45c7a..66330fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -833,7 +833,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
zone_sizes_init();
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
#define PAGE_UNUSED 0xFD

/*
@@ -932,7 +931,6 @@ static void __meminit vmemmap_use_new_sub_pmd(unsigned long start, unsigned long
if (!IS_ALIGNED(end, PMD_SIZE))
unused_pmd_start = end;
}
-#endif

/*
* Memory hotplug specific functions
@@ -1152,16 +1150,13 @@ remove_pmd_table(pmd_t *pmd_start, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
pmd_clear(pmd);
spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
pages++;
- }
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
- else if (vmemmap_pmd_is_unused(addr, next)) {
+ } else if (vmemmap_pmd_is_unused(addr, next)) {
free_hugepage_table(pmd_page(*pmd),
altmap);
spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
pmd_clear(pmd);
spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
}
-#endif
continue;
}

@@ -1500,7 +1495,6 @@ unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
return memory_block_size_probed;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
/*
* Initialise the sparsemem vmemmap using huge-pages at the PMD level.
*/
@@ -1647,4 +1641,3 @@ void __meminit vmemmap_populate_print_last(void)
node_start = 0;
}
}
-#endif