Convert vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd() to pass __GFP_ZERO instead of zeroing at the callsite. post_alloc_hook uses the fault address passed through vma_alloc_folio for cache-friendly zeroing.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <[email protected]> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 --- mm/huge_memory.c | 10 +--------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index d689e6491ddb..9845c920c29c 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thp_get_unmapped_area); static struct folio *vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr) { - gfp_t gfp = vma_thp_gfp_mask(vma); + gfp_t gfp = vma_thp_gfp_mask(vma) | __GFP_ZERO; const int order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER; struct folio *folio; @@ -1356,14 +1356,6 @@ static struct folio *vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, } folio_throttle_swaprate(folio, gfp); - /* - * When a folio is not zeroed during allocation (__GFP_ZERO not used) - * or user folios require special handling, folio_zero_user() is used to - * make sure that the page corresponding to the faulting address will be - * hot in the cache after zeroing. - */ - if (user_alloc_needs_zeroing()) - folio_zero_user(folio, addr); /* * The memory barrier inside __folio_mark_uptodate makes sure that * folio_zero_user writes become visible before the set_pmd_at() -- MST
