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Through vmalloc API, a virtual kernel area is reserved for physical address mapping. And vmap_area is used to track them, while vm_struct is allocated to associate with the vmap_area to store more information and passed out. However, area reserved via vm_map_ram() is an exception. It doesn't have vm_struct to associate with vmap_area. And we can't recognize the vmap_area with '->vm == NULL' as a vm_map_ram() area because the normal freeing path will set va->vm = NULL before unmapping, please see function remove_vm_area(). Meanwhile, there are two kinds of handling for vm_map_ram area. One is the whole vmap_area being reserved and mapped at one time through vm_map_area() interface; the other is the whole vmap_area with VMAP_BLOCK_SIZE size being reserved, while mapped into split regions with smaller size via vb_alloc(). To mark the area reserved through vm_map_ram(), add flags field into struct vmap_area. Bit 0 indicates this is vm_map_ram area created through vm_map_ram() interface, while bit 1 marks out the type of vm_map_ram area which makes use of vmap_block to manage split regions via vb_alloc/free(). This is a preparation for later use. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230206084020.174506-3-bhe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.