mm/mm_init.c: remove meaningless calculation of zone->managed_pages in free_area_init_core()
Currently, in free_area_init_core(), when initialize zone's field, a rough value is set to zone->managed_pages. That value is calculated by (zone->present_pages - memmap_pages). In the meantime, add the value to nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages which represent all free pages of system (only low memory or including HIGHMEM memory separately). Both of them are gonna be used in alloc_large_system_hash(). However, the rough calculation and setting of zone->managed_pages is meaningless because a) memmap pages are allocated on units of node in sparse_init() or alloc_node_mem_map(pgdat); The simple (zone->present_pages - memmap_pages) is too rough to make sense for zone; b) the set zone->managed_pages will be zeroed out and reset with acutal value in mem_init() via memblock_free_all(). Before the resetting, no buddy allocation request is issued. Here, remove the meaningless and complicated calculation of (zone->present_pages - memmap_pages), directly set zone->managed_pages as zone->present_pages for now. It will be adjusted in mem_init(). And also remove the assignment of nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages in free_area_init_core(). Instead, call the newly added calc_nr_kernel_pages() to count up all free but not reserved memory in memblock and assign to nr_all_pages and nr_kernel_pages. The counting excludes memmap_pages, and other kernel used data, which is more accurate than old way and simpler, and can also cover the ppc required arch_reserved_kernel_pages() case. And also clean up the outdated code comment above free_area_init_core(). And free_area_init_core() is easy to understand now, no need to add words to explain. [bhe@redhat.com: initialize zone->managed_pages as zone->present_pages for now] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ZgU0bsJ2FEjykvju@MiWiFi-R3L-srv Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240325145646.1044760-5-bhe@redhat.comSigned-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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