[PATCH 3/3] cma: move allocation from HIGHMEM to a helper function

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Jul 02 2025 - 13:36:52 EST


From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

When CONFIG_HIGMEM is enabled, __cma_declare_contiguous_nid() first
tries to allocate the area from HIGHMEM and if that fails it falls back
to allocation from low memory.

Split allocation from HIGMEM into a helper function to further decouple
logic related to CONFIG_HIGHMEM.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/cma.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
index 1df8ff312d99..0a24c46f3296 100644
--- a/mm/cma.c
+++ b/mm/cma.c
@@ -376,6 +376,30 @@ static int __init cma_fixed_reserve(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
return 0;
}

+static phys_addr_t __init cma_alloc_highmem(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size,
+ phys_addr_t align, phys_addr_t *limit, int nid)
+{
+ phys_addr_t addr = 0;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)) {
+ phys_addr_t highmem = __pa(high_memory - 1) + 1;
+
+ /*
+ * All pages in the reserved area must come from the same zone.
+ * If the requested region crosses the low/high memory boundary,
+ * try allocating from high memory first and fall back to low
+ * memory in case of failure.
+ */
+ if (base < highmem && *limit > highmem) {
+ addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, align, highmem,
+ *limit, nid, true);
+ *limit = highmem;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return addr;
+}
+
static int __init __cma_declare_contiguous_nid(phys_addr_t *basep,
phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t limit,
phys_addr_t alignment, unsigned int order_per_bit,
@@ -383,19 +407,9 @@ static int __init __cma_declare_contiguous_nid(phys_addr_t *basep,
int nid)
{
phys_addr_t memblock_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
- phys_addr_t highmem_start, base = *basep;
+ phys_addr_t base = *basep;
int ret;

- /*
- * We can't use __pa(high_memory) directly, since high_memory
- * isn't a valid direct map VA, and DEBUG_VIRTUAL will (validly)
- * complain. Find the boundary by adding one to the last valid
- * address.
- */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGHMEM))
- highmem_start = __pa(high_memory - 1) + 1;
- else
- highmem_start = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
pr_debug("%s(size %pa, base %pa, limit %pa alignment %pa)\n",
__func__, &size, &base, &limit, &alignment);

@@ -472,18 +486,10 @@ static int __init __cma_declare_contiguous_nid(phys_addr_t *basep,
}
#endif

- /*
- * All pages in the reserved area must come from the same zone.
- * If the requested region crosses the low/high memory boundary,
- * try allocating from high memory first and fall back to low
- * memory in case of failure.
- */
- if (!addr && base < highmem_start && limit > highmem_start) {
- addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment,
- highmem_start, limit, nid, true);
- limit = highmem_start;
- }
-
+ /* On systems with HIGHMEM try allocating from there first */
+ if (!addr)
+ addr = cma_alloc_highmem(base, size, alignment, &limit,
+ nid);
if (!addr) {
addr = memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, alignment, base,
limit, nid, true);
--
2.47.2