Propagate PG_zeroed through buddy splits in page_del_and_expand() and try_to_claim_block(). When a zeroed high-order page is split to satisfy a smaller allocation, the sub-pages placed back on the free lists keep PG_zeroed.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <[email protected]> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Assisted-by: cursor-agent:GPT-5.4-xhigh --- mm/page_alloc.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index d70c9ba6b329..468e8bde7d34 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1712,7 +1712,8 @@ struct page *__pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn, * -- nyc */ static inline unsigned int expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int low, - int high, int migratetype, bool reported) + int high, int migratetype, bool reported, + bool zeroed) { unsigned int size = 1 << high; unsigned int nr_added = 0; @@ -1743,6 +1744,8 @@ static inline unsigned int expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int low, */ if (reported) __SetPageReported(&page[size]); + if (zeroed) + __SetPageZeroed(&page[size]); } return nr_added; @@ -1754,10 +1757,12 @@ static __always_inline void page_del_and_expand(struct zone *zone, { int nr_pages = 1 << high; bool was_reported = page_reported(page); + bool was_zeroed = PageZeroed(page); __del_page_from_free_list(page, zone, high, migratetype); - nr_pages -= expand(zone, page, low, high, migratetype, was_reported); + nr_pages -= expand(zone, page, low, high, migratetype, was_reported, + was_zeroed); account_freepages(zone, -nr_pages, migratetype); } @@ -2335,11 +2340,12 @@ try_to_claim_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, if (current_order >= pageblock_order) { unsigned int nr_added; bool was_reported = page_reported(page); + bool was_zeroed = PageZeroed(page); del_page_from_free_list(page, zone, current_order, block_type); change_pageblock_range(page, current_order, start_type); nr_added = expand(zone, page, order, current_order, start_type, - was_reported); + was_reported, was_zeroed); account_freepages(zone, nr_added, start_type); return page; } -- MST
