Convert alloc_anon_folio() 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]> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 --- mm/memory.c | 11 +---------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 74523bc00d8a..f3f1bc66366d 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -5249,7 +5249,7 @@ static struct folio *alloc_anon_folio(struct vm_fault *vmf) goto fallback; /* Try allocating the highest of the remaining orders. */ - gfp = vma_thp_gfp_mask(vma); + gfp = vma_thp_gfp_mask(vma) | __GFP_ZERO; while (orders) { folio = vma_alloc_folio(gfp, order, vma, vmf->address); if (folio) { @@ -5259,15 +5259,6 @@ static struct folio *alloc_anon_folio(struct vm_fault *vmf) goto next; } 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, vmf->address); return folio; } next: -- MST
