On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 06:14:27PM -0800, Jason Miu wrote: > Introduce a radix tree implementation for tracking preserved memory > pages and switch the KHO memory tracking mechanism to use it. This > lays the groundwork for a stateless KHO implementation that eliminates > the need for serialization and the associated "finalize" state. > > This patch introduces the core radix tree data structures and > constants to the KHO ABI. It adds the radix tree node and leaf > structures, along with documentation for the radix tree key encoding > scheme that combines a page's physical address and order. > > To support broader use by other kernel subsystems, such as hugetlb > preservation, the core radix tree manipulation functions are exported > as a public API. > > The xarray-based memory tracking is replaced with this new radix tree > implementation. The core KHO preservation and unpreservation functions > are wired up to use the radix tree helpers. On boot, the second kernel > restores the preserved memory map by walking the radix tree whose root > physical address is passed via the FDT. > > The ABI `compatible` version is bumped to "kho-v2" to reflect the > structural changes in the preserved memory map and sub-FDT property > names. This includes renaming "fdt" to "preserved-data" to better > reflect that preserved state may use formats other than FDT. > > Signed-off-by: Jason Miu <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]> -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
