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Split page table locks are not used for pgtables associated to init_mm, at any level. pte_alloc_kernel() does not call ptlock_init() as a result. There is however no separate alloc/free functions for kernel PMDs, and pmd_ptlock_init() is called unconditionally. When ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS is true (e.g. 32-bit architectures or if CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is selected), this results in unnecessary dynamic memory allocation every time a kernel PMD is allocated. Now that pagetable_pmd_ctor() is passed the associated mm, we can easily remove this overhead by skipping pmd_ptlock_init() if the pgtable is associated to init_mm. No special-casing is needed on the dtor path, as ptlock_free() is already called unconditionally for all levels. (ptlock_free() is a no-op unless a ptlock was allocated for the given PTP.) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250408095222.860601-8-kevin.brodsky@arm.com Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com> Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu> Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Linus Waleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: <x86@kernel.org> Cc: Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.