[PATCH v2 09/69] mm/mm_init: Defer hugetlb reservation until after zone initialization

From: Muchun Song

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 09:17:57 EST


hugetlb_cma_reserve() and hugetlb_bootmem_alloc() currently run before
free_area_init(), so HugeTLB reservation happens before zone state is
initialized.

Move the reservation step after free_area_init() so the relevant zone
information is available before HugeTLB reserves memory. This is needed
for later hugetlb changes that validate boot-time HugeTLB reservations
against zone boundaries.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mm_init.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index c14491c2dad3..75f98abfed97 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -2688,11 +2688,11 @@ void __init mm_core_init_early(void)
{
int nid;

+ free_area_init();
+
hugetlb_cma_reserve();
hugetlb_bootmem_alloc();

- free_area_init();
-
sparse_init();
for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY)
sparse_vmemmap_init_nid_late(nid);
--
2.54.0