From: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:31:40 +0000 (+0200) Subject: arch, mm: consolidate empty_zero_page X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6215d9f4470fbb48245ffdfade821685e2728c65;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git arch, mm: consolidate empty_zero_page Reduce 22 declarations of empty_zero_page to 3 and 23 declarations of ZERO_PAGE() to 4. Every architecture defines empty_zero_page that way or another, but for the most of them it is always a page aligned page in BSS and most definitions of ZERO_PAGE do virt_to_page(empty_zero_page). Move Linus vetted x86 definition of empty_zero_page and ZERO_PAGE() to the core MM and drop these definitions in architectures that do not implement colored zero page (MIPS and s390). ZERO_PAGE() remains a macro because turning it to a wrapper for a static inline causes severe pain in header dependencies. For the most part the change is mechanical, with these being noteworthy: * alpha: aliased empty_zero_page with ZERO_PGE that was also used for boot parameters. Switching to a generic empty_zero_page removes the aliasing and keeps ZERO_PGE for boot parameters only * arm64: uses __pa_symbol() in ZERO_PAGE() so that definition of ZERO_PAGE() is kept intact. * m68k/parisc/um: allocated empty_zero_page from memblock, although they do not support zero page coloring and having it in BSS will work fine. * sparc64 can have empty_zero_page in BSS rather allocate it, but it can't use virt_to_page() for BSS. Keep it's definition of ZERO_PAGE() but instead of allocating it, make mem_map_zero point to empty_zero_page. * sh: used empty_zero_page for boot parameters at the very early boot. Rename the parameters page to boot_params_page and let sh use the generic empty_zero_page. * hexagon: had an amusing comment about empty_zero_page /* A handy thing to have if one has the RAM. Declared in head.S */ that unfortunately had to go :) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260211103141.3215197-4-rppt@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Acked-by: Helge Deller [parisc] Tested-by: Helge Deller [parisc] Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) Acked-by: Dave Hansen Acked-by: Catalin Marinas Acked-by: Magnus Lindholm [alpha] Acked-by: Dinh Nguyen [nios2] Acked-by: Andreas Larsson [sparc] Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett Cc: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Johannes Berg Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Matt Turner Cc: Max Filippov Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Michal Simek Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Richard Weinberger Cc: Russell King Cc: Stafford Horne Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Vineet Gupta Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h index e9368c54be452..268ddde336171 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct; */ #define pgprot_noncached(prot) (prot) -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(ZERO_PGE)) - /* * On certain platforms whose physical address space can overlap KSEG, * namely EV6 and above, we must re-twiddle the physaddr to restore the diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h index bd580e2b62d7c..0fdaea81b5fa5 100644 --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__ -extern char empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE); /* to cope with aliasing VIPT cache */ diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/init.c b/arch/arc/mm/init.c index a5e92f46e5d13..d6b5c27a0098f 100644 --- a/arch/arc/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/arc/mm/init.c @@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ #include pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE); -char empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); static const unsigned long low_mem_start = CONFIG_LINUX_RAM_BASE; static unsigned long low_mem_sz; diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h index 6fa9acd6a7f5d..982795cf45637 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ #include #include -#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) -#endif - #include #ifndef CONFIG_MMU diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c index 518def8314e77..23b87b5ef7f1b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c @@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ extern unsigned long __atags_pointer; -/* - * empty_zero_page is a special page that is used for - * zero-initialized data and COW. - */ -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - /* * The pmd table for the upper-most set of pages. */ diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c index 7e42d8accec6b..040ea43cce32e 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c +++ b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c @@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ unsigned long vectors_base; -/* - * empty_zero_page is a special page that is used for - * zero-initialized data and COW. - */ -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_MPU struct mpu_rgn_info mpu_rgn_info; #endif diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h index b3e58735c49bd..769570e43c185 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void) * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; #define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) phys_to_page(__pa_symbol(empty_zero_page)) #define pte_ERROR(e) \ diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c index a12ea8776c329..ec932f6ccddca 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c @@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ static bool rodata_is_rw __ro_after_init = true; */ long __section(".mmuoff.data.write") __early_cpu_boot_status; -/* - * Empty_zero_page is a special page that is used for zero-initialized data - * and COW. - */ -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(swapper_pgdir_lock); static DEFINE_MUTEX(fixmap_lock); diff --git a/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h index d606afbabce19..bafcd5823531a 100644 --- a/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ #define MAX_SWAPFILES_CHECK() \ BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT != 5) -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - extern void load_pgd(unsigned long pg_dir); extern pte_t invalid_pte_table[PTRS_PER_PTE]; diff --git a/arch/csky/mm/init.c b/arch/csky/mm/init.c index 573da66b25438..fa16015ea1c04 100644 --- a/arch/csky/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/csky/mm/init.c @@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ pte_t invalid_pte_table[PTRS_PER_PTE] __page_aligned_bss; pte_t kernel_pte_tables[PTRS_KERN_TABLE] __page_aligned_bss; EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalid_pte_table); -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] - __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); void free_initmem(void) { diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgtable.h index fbf24d1d1ca6a..27b269e2870d3 100644 --- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ #include #include -/* A handy thing to have if one has the RAM. Declared in head.S */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page; - /* * The PTE model described here is that of the Hexagon Virtual Machine, * which autonomously walks 2-level page tables. At a lower level, we @@ -348,9 +345,6 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd) return (unsigned long)__va(pmd_val(pmd) & PAGE_MASK); } -/* ZERO_PAGE - returns the globally shared zero page */ -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(&empty_zero_page)) - /* * Encode/decode swap entries and swap PTEs. Swap PTEs are all PTEs that * are !pte_none() && !pte_present(). diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/head.S b/arch/hexagon/kernel/head.S index 0b016308cc79f..908ffece91324 100644 --- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/head.S @@ -216,8 +216,3 @@ __head_s_vaddr_target: .p2align PAGE_SHIFT ENTRY(external_cmdline_buffer) .fill _PAGE_SIZE,1,0 - -.data -.p2align PAGE_SHIFT -ENTRY(empty_zero_page) - .fill _PAGE_SIZE,1,0 diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c index 36a80e31d1879..81bc6f81e2009 100644 --- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c +++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(raw_copy_to_user); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmgetie); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmsetie); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmyield); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy); EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset); diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h index c33b3bcb733e3..a244de27a03e7 100644 --- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -74,15 +74,6 @@ struct mm_struct; struct vm_area_struct; -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero; used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ - -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; - -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) virt_to_page(empty_zero_page) - #ifdef CONFIG_32BIT #define VMALLOC_START (vm_map_base + PCI_IOSIZE + (2 * PAGE_SIZE)) diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c index c331bf69d2ec1..00f3822b6e47c 100644 --- a/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/init.c @@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ #include #include -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from, unsigned long vaddr, struct vm_area_struct *vma) { diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h index bba64a9c49acd..7501ff030c633 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h @@ -110,15 +110,6 @@ extern unsigned long m68k_vmalloc_end; #define VMALLOC_END KMAP_START #endif -/* zero page used for uninitialized stuff */ -extern void *empty_zero_page; - -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - extern void kernel_set_cachemode(void *addr, unsigned long size, int cmode); /* diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h index 1a86c15b9008f..11751807a3f3b 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h @@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ #define swapper_pg_dir ((pgd_t *) 0) -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern void *empty_zero_page; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - /* * All 32bit addresses are effectively valid for vmalloc... * Sort of meaningless for non-VM targets. diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/init.c b/arch/m68k/mm/init.c index 53b71f786c27e..3b88c0dd1616d 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/m68k/mm/init.c @@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ #include #include -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a special page that is used for zero-initialized - * data and COW. - */ -void *empty_zero_page; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - void __init arch_zone_limits_init(unsigned long *max_zone_pfns) { max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] = PFN_DOWN(memblock_end_of_DRAM()); @@ -71,8 +64,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void) unsigned long end_mem = memory_end & PAGE_MASK; high_memory = (void *) end_mem; - - empty_zero_page = memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); } #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */ diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c b/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c index 3418fd8642377..4924f2ff8ef87 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c +++ b/arch/m68k/mm/mcfmmu.c @@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void) unsigned long next_pgtable; int i; - empty_zero_page = memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); - pg_dir = swapper_pg_dir; memset(swapper_pg_dir, 0, sizeof(swapper_pg_dir)); diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c b/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c index 127a3fa69f4c1..b30aa69a73a6a 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c +++ b/arch/m68k/mm/motorola.c @@ -498,12 +498,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void) early_memtest(min_addr, max_addr); - /* - * initialize the bad page table and bad page to point - * to a couple of allocated pages - */ - empty_zero_page = memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); - /* * Set up SFC/DFC registers */ diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c b/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c index c801677f7df87..f139cc15753a7 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c +++ b/arch/m68k/mm/sun3mmu.c @@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ void __init paging_init(void) unsigned long bootmem_end; unsigned long size; - empty_zero_page = memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); - address = PAGE_OFFSET; pg_dir = swapper_pg_dir; memset (swapper_pg_dir, 0, sizeof (swapper_pg_dir)); diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h index 4eb76de6be4ac..ea72291de5531 100644 --- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -207,16 +207,6 @@ extern pte_t *va_to_pte(unsigned long address); * Also, write permissions imply read permissions. */ -#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__ -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[1024]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - -#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */ - #define pte_none(pte) ((pte_val(pte) & ~_PTE_NONE_MASK) == 0) #define pte_present(pte) (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_PRESENT) #define pte_clear(mm, addr, ptep) \ diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S index ec2fcb545e646..808019c3b7ac2 100644 --- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S @@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ #include .section .data -.global empty_zero_page -.align 12 -empty_zero_page: - .space PAGE_SIZE .global swapper_pg_dir swapper_pg_dir: .space PAGE_SIZE diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c index a8553f54152b7..ad7596d7ba076 100644 --- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c +++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c @@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy); EXPORT_SYMBOL(memmove); #endif -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - EXPORT_SYMBOL(mbc); extern void __divsi3(void); diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h index 844dce55569f3..d389aa9ca57ce 100644 --- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -65,13 +65,6 @@ struct mm_struct; #define PGDIR_SIZE (1UL << PGDIR_SHIFT) #define PGDIR_MASK (~(PGDIR_SIZE-1)) -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD]; extern pte_t invalid_pte_table[PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(pte_t)]; diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/head.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/head.S index 372ce4a33018b..613212e1a63ac 100644 --- a/arch/nios2/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/head.S @@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ #include #include -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a special page that is used for zero-initialized - * data and COW. - */ -.data -.global empty_zero_page -.align 12 -empty_zero_page: - .space PAGE_SIZE - /* * This global variable is used as an extension to the nios' * STATUS register to emulate a user/supervisor mode. diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/nios2_ksyms.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/nios2_ksyms.c index 54f7b23df1bf5..c40aa39e86587 100644 --- a/arch/nios2/kernel/nios2_ksyms.c +++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/nios2_ksyms.c @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memmove); /* memory management */ -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_icache_range); /* diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h index b218050e2f6dd..6b89996d0b628 100644 --- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -179,10 +179,6 @@ extern void paging_init(void); __pgprot(_PAGE_ALL | _PAGE_SRE | _PAGE_SWE \ | _PAGE_SHARED | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_EXEC | _PAGE_CI) -/* zero page used for uninitialized stuff */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[2048]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - #define pte_none(x) (!pte_val(x)) #define pte_present(x) (pte_val(x) & _PAGE_PRESENT) #define pte_clear(mm, addr, xp) do { pte_val(*(xp)) = 0; } while (0) diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S index bd760066f1cdc..45890393947d8 100644 --- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S @@ -1563,9 +1563,6 @@ _string_nl: */ .section .data,"aw" .align 8192 - .global empty_zero_page -empty_zero_page: - .space 8192 .global swapper_pg_dir swapper_pg_dir: diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/or32_ksyms.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/or32_ksyms.c index 212e5f85004cc..84a937a64e2a7 100644 --- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/or32_ksyms.c +++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/or32_ksyms.c @@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ DECLARE_EXPORT(__ashldi3); DECLARE_EXPORT(__lshrdi3); DECLARE_EXPORT(__ucmpdi2); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_tofrom_user); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user); EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset); diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/init.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/init.c index 78fb0734cdbc2..89d8c6df88551 100644 --- a/arch/openrisc/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/init.c @@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void) { BUG_ON(!mem_map); - /* clear the zero-page */ - memset((void *)empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); - printk("mem_init_done ...........................................\n"); mem_init_done = 1; return; diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h index 17afe7a59edfd..f6fb99cb94d9e 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -262,17 +262,6 @@ extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[]; /* declared in init_task.c */ extern pte_t pg0[]; -/* zero page used for uninitialized stuff */ - -extern unsigned long *empty_zero_page; - -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ - -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - #define pte_none(x) (pte_val(x) == 0) #define pte_present(x) (pte_val(x) & _PAGE_PRESENT) #define pte_user(x) (pte_val(x) & _PAGE_USER) diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c index 6a39e031e5ff7..be3380c9bcdae 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c @@ -604,9 +604,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void) #endif } -unsigned long *empty_zero_page __ro_after_init; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - /* * pagetable_init() sets up the page tables * @@ -639,9 +636,6 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void) initrd_end - initrd_start, PAGE_KERNEL, 0); } #endif - - empty_zero_page = memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); - } static void __init gateway_init(void) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h index dcd3a88caaf63..b27d94c06d0e7 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -76,12 +76,6 @@ static inline const void *pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd) } #define pmd_page_vaddr pmd_page_vaddr #endif -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[]; diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c index b7982d0243d48..648d0c5602ec8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c @@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ unsigned long long memory_limit __initdata; -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - pgprot_t __phys_mem_access_prot(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot) { diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h index 08d1ca0471046..ab4ce1cc9d9c1 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -1284,13 +1284,6 @@ extern u64 satp_mode; void paging_init(void); void misc_mem_init(void); -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero, - * used for zero-mapped memory areas, etc. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - /* * Use set_p*_safe(), and elide TLB flushing, when confident that *no* * TLB flush will be required as a result of the "set". For example, use diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c index 811e03786c560..017bad735d47e 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c @@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ unsigned long vmemmap_start_pfn __ro_after_init; EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmemmap_start_pfn); #endif -unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] - __page_aligned_bss; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - extern char _start[]; void *_dtb_early_va __initdata; uintptr_t _dtb_early_pa __initdata; diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h index 10fa8f2bb8d1f..d5ce0950a3231 100644 --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__ #include #include - -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - #endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */ /* diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/setup.h index 84bb23a771f35..63c9efc063486 100644 --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/setup.h +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/setup.h @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ /* * This is set up by the setup-routine at boot-time */ -#define PARAM ((unsigned char *)empty_zero_page) +extern unsigned char *boot_params_page; +#define PARAM boot_params_page #define MOUNT_ROOT_RDONLY (*(unsigned long *) (PARAM+0x000)) #define RAMDISK_FLAGS (*(unsigned long *) (PARAM+0x004)) diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S index b603b7968b388..0b91bb85d40a0 100644 --- a/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S +++ b/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ #endif .section .empty_zero_page, "aw" -ENTRY(empty_zero_page) +ENTRY(boot_params_page) .long 1 /* MOUNT_ROOT_RDONLY */ .long 0 /* RAMDISK_FLAGS */ .long 0x0200 /* ORIG_ROOT_DEV */ @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ENTRY(empty_zero_page) .long 0x53453f00 + 29 /* "SE?" = 29 bit */ #endif 1: - .skip PAGE_SIZE - empty_zero_page - 1b + .skip PAGE_SIZE - boot_params_page - 1b __HEAD diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/sh_ksyms_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/sh_ksyms_32.c index 5858936cb4311..041191002e2e2 100644 --- a/arch/sh/kernel/sh_ksyms_32.c +++ b/arch/sh/kernel/sh_ksyms_32.c @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial); EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial_copy_generic); EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_page); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM /* need in pfn_valid macro */ EXPORT_SYMBOL(min_low_pfn); diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c index 464a3a63e2fa5..4e40d5e96be9d 100644 --- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c @@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void) cpu_cache_init(); /* clear the zero-page */ - memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); __flush_wback_region(empty_zero_page, PAGE_SIZE); vsyscall_init(); diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h index a9f802d1dd64f..f89b1250661df 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h +++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h @@ -71,14 +71,6 @@ extern unsigned long ptr_in_current_pgd; extern unsigned long phys_base; extern unsigned long pfn_base; -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; - -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - /* * In general all page table modifications should use the V8 atomic * swap instruction. This insures the mmu and the cpu are in sync diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h index 72205684e51ea..21bed55140288 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h +++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ extern char reboot_command[]; */ extern unsigned char boot_cpu_id; -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)]; - extern int serial_console; static inline int con_is_present(void) { diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S index 38345460d5420..8c320fa25a670 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S @@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ sun4e_notsup: .align PAGE_SIZE -/* This was the only reasonable way I could think of to properly align - * these page-table data structures. - */ - .globl empty_zero_page -empty_zero_page: .skip PAGE_SIZE -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page) - .global root_flags .global ram_flags .global root_dev diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c index fdc93dd12c3e3..e0e66f91ceebc 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c @@ -246,10 +246,6 @@ void __init arch_mm_preinit(void) prom_halt(); } - - /* Saves us work later. */ - memset((void *)empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); - i = last_valid_pfn >> ((20 - PAGE_SHIFT) + 5); i += 1; sparc_valid_addr_bitmap = (unsigned long *) diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c index f46394c46a764..748790998ff50 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c @@ -2492,6 +2492,9 @@ static void __init register_page_bootmem_info(void) } void __init mem_init(void) { + phys_addr_t zero_page_pa = kern_base + + ((unsigned long)&empty_zero_page[0] - KERNBASE); + /* * Must be done after boot memory is put on freelist, because here we * might set fields in deferred struct pages that have not yet been @@ -2504,13 +2507,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void) * Set up the zero page, mark it reserved, so that page count * is not manipulated when freeing the page from user ptes. */ - mem_map_zero = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0); - if (mem_map_zero == NULL) { - prom_printf("paging_init: Cannot alloc zero page.\n"); - prom_halt(); - } - mark_page_reserved(mem_map_zero); - + mem_map_zero = pfn_to_page(PHYS_PFN(zero_page_pa)); if (tlb_type == cheetah || tlb_type == cheetah_plus) cheetah_ecache_flush_init(); diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h index 3b42b0f45bf6c..19e0608fb6497 100644 --- a/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/um/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD]; -/* zero page used for uninitialized stuff */ -extern unsigned long *empty_zero_page; - /* Just any arbitrary offset to the start of the vmalloc VM area: the * current 8MB value just means that there will be a 8MB "hole" after the * physical memory until the kernel virtual memory starts. That means that @@ -74,12 +71,6 @@ extern unsigned long *empty_zero_page; * get.. */ -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) virt_to_page(empty_zero_page) - #define pte_clear(mm, addr, xp) pte_set_val(*(xp), (phys_t) 0, __pgprot(_PAGE_NEEDSYNC)) #define pmd_none(x) (!((unsigned long)pmd_val(x) & ~_PAGE_NEEDSYNC)) diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h b/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h index 38321188c04c4..9812efd14ec0e 100644 --- a/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h +++ b/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ extern void timer_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs extern void uml_pm_wake(void); extern int start_uml(void); -extern void paging_init(void); extern void uml_cleanup(void); extern void do_uml_exitcalls(void); diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c index 89c8c8b94a796..1eef0e42ef5db 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c @@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ __section(".kasan_init") __used = kasan_init; #endif -/* allocated in paging_init, zeroed in mem_init, and unchanged thereafter */ -unsigned long *empty_zero_page = NULL; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - /* * Initialized during boot, and readonly for initializing page tables * afterwards @@ -65,9 +61,6 @@ void __init arch_mm_preinit(void) /* Safe to call after jump_label_init(). Enables KASAN. */ kasan_init_generic(); - /* clear the zero-page */ - memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); - /* Map in the area just after the brk now that kmalloc is about * to be turned on. */ @@ -89,15 +82,6 @@ void __init arch_zone_limits_init(unsigned long *max_zone_pfns) max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = high_physmem >> PAGE_SHIFT; } -void __init paging_init(void) -{ - empty_zero_page = (unsigned long *) memblock_alloc_low(PAGE_SIZE, - PAGE_SIZE); - if (!empty_zero_page) - panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=%lx\n", - __func__, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); -} - /* * This can't do anything because nothing in the kernel image can be freed * since it's not in kernel physical memory. diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c index e2b24e1ecfa64..2141f5f1f5a20 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c @@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) uml_dtb_init(); read_initrd(); - paging_init(); strscpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); *cmdline_p = command_line; setup_hostinfo(host_info, sizeof host_info); diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h index 1662c5a8f445f..54289f4587a4c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ void ptdump_walk_user_pgd_level_checkwx(void); #define debug_checkwx_user() do { } while (0) #endif -/* - * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used - * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. - */ -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)] - __visible; -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) ((void)(vaddr),virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - extern spinlock_t pgd_lock; extern struct list_head pgd_list; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S index 80ef5d386b03d..5171cb746444e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S @@ -441,10 +441,6 @@ initial_pg_fixmap: swapper_pg_dir: .fill 1024,4,0 .fill PTI_USER_PGD_FILL,4,0 -.globl empty_zero_page -empty_zero_page: - .fill 4096,1,0 -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page) /* * This starts the data section. diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S index 85d4a5094f6bc..7ed5520dd52eb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S @@ -684,10 +684,3 @@ SYM_PIC_ALIAS(phys_base); EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_base) #include "../xen/xen-head.S" - - __PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS -SYM_DATA_START_PAGE_ALIGNED(empty_zero_page) - .skip PAGE_SIZE -SYM_DATA_END(empty_zero_page) -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page) - diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h index 50a136213b2bf..61f07d981a94d 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -209,10 +209,6 @@ #define pgd_ERROR(e) \ printk("%s:%d: bad pgd entry %08lx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, pgd_val(e)) -extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[1024]; - -#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) - #ifdef CONFIG_MMU extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(pgd_t)]; extern void paging_init(void); diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S index 8484294bc623f..4b0c5c5e685af 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S @@ -381,6 +381,3 @@ ENTRY(swapper_pg_dir) .fill PAGE_SIZE, 1, 0 END(swapper_pg_dir) #endif -ENTRY(empty_zero_page) - .fill PAGE_SIZE, 1, 0 -END(empty_zero_page) diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c index 62d81e76e18e2..ced335b4df5fa 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c +++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ #include #include -EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); - unsigned int __sync_fetch_and_and_4(volatile void *p, unsigned int v) { BUG(); diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h index c3a56f6b1ea51..2a05c3885f85b 100644 --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h @@ -1925,6 +1925,9 @@ static inline void pfnmap_setup_cachemode_pfn(unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t *prot) * for different ranges in the virtual address space. * * zero_page_pfn identifies the first (or the only) pfn for these pages. + * + * For architectures that don't __HAVE_COLOR_ZERO_PAGE the zero page lives in + * empty_zero_page in BSS. */ #ifdef __HAVE_COLOR_ZERO_PAGE static inline int is_zero_pfn(unsigned long pfn) @@ -1951,6 +1954,13 @@ static inline unsigned long zero_pfn(unsigned long addr) return zero_page_pfn; } + +extern uint8_t empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE]; + +#ifndef ZERO_PAGE +#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) ((void)(vaddr),virt_to_page(empty_zero_page)) +#endif + #endif /* __HAVE_COLOR_ZERO_PAGE */ #ifdef CONFIG_MMU diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c index ab6578516dd6b..a0472d496c917 100644 --- a/mm/mm_init.c +++ b/mm/mm_init.c @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(high_memory); unsigned long zero_page_pfn __ro_after_init; EXPORT_SYMBOL(zero_page_pfn); +#ifndef __HAVE_COLOR_ZERO_PAGE +uint8_t empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page); +#endif + #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT int __meminitdata mminit_loglevel;