Don't unconditionally clear PG_zeroed for non-reported pages in page_del_and_expand(). Pages freed via free_frozen_pages_zeroed (balloon deflate) already have the flag set and should keep it through buddy allocation, not just PCP reuse.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Assisted-by: cursor-agent:GPT-5.4-xhigh --- mm/page_alloc.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 1183ef3e91c9..1169714406e7 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1743,7 +1743,8 @@ struct page *__pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn, * -- nyc */ static inline unsigned int expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int low, - int high, int migratetype, bool reported) + int high, int migratetype, bool reported, + bool zeroed) { unsigned int size = 1 << high; unsigned int nr_added = 0; @@ -1774,6 +1775,8 @@ static inline unsigned int expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int low, */ if (reported) __SetPageReported(&page[size]); + if (zeroed) + __SetPageZeroed(&page[size]); } return nr_added; @@ -1785,10 +1788,12 @@ static __always_inline void page_del_and_expand(struct zone *zone, { int nr_pages = 1 << high; bool was_reported = page_reported(page); + bool was_zeroed = PageZeroed(page); __del_page_from_free_list(page, zone, high, migratetype); - nr_pages -= expand(zone, page, low, high, migratetype, was_reported); + nr_pages -= expand(zone, page, low, high, migratetype, was_reported, + was_zeroed); account_freepages(zone, -nr_pages, migratetype); } @@ -2365,11 +2370,13 @@ try_to_claim_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, /* Take ownership for orders >= pageblock_order */ if (current_order >= pageblock_order) { unsigned int nr_added; + bool was_reported = page_reported(page); + bool was_zeroed = PageZeroed(page); del_page_from_free_list(page, zone, current_order, block_type); change_pageblock_range(page, current_order, start_type); nr_added = expand(zone, page, order, current_order, start_type, - false); + was_reported, was_zeroed); account_freepages(zone, nr_added, start_type); return page; } -- MST
