9 files changed, 41 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c b/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c
index c2ee18d2075e..8a1bfcd50087 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/consistent.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ __dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp,
                 pte = consistent_pte[idx] + off;
                 c->vm_pages = page;
 
+                split_page(page, order);
+
                 /*
                  * Set the "dma handle"
                  */
@@ -231,7 +233,6 @@ __dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp,
                 do {
                         BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
 
-                        set_page_count(page, 1);
                         /*
                          * x86 does not mark the pages reserved...
                          */
@@ -250,7 +251,6 @@ __dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp,
                  * Free the otherwise unused pages.
                  */
                 while (page < end) {
-                        set_page_count(page, 1);
                         __free_page(page);
                         page++;
                 }
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/dma-alloc.c b/arch/frv/mm/dma-alloc.c
index 342823aad758..636b2f8b5d98 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/dma-alloc.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/dma-alloc.c
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ void *consistent_alloc(gfp_t gfp, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle)
          */
         if (order > 0) {
                 struct page *rpage = virt_to_page(page);
-
-                for (i = 1; i < (1 << order); i++)
-                        set_page_count(rpage + i, 1);
+                split_page(rpage, order);
         }
 
         err = 0;
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 0ff9a348b843..a140da9732db 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ unsigned long empty_zero_page, zero_page_mask;
  */
 unsigned long setup_zero_pages(void)
 {
-        unsigned long order, size;
+        unsigned int order;
+        unsigned long size;
         struct page *page;
 
         if (cpu_has_vce)
@@ -67,9 +68,9 @@ unsigned long setup_zero_pages(void)
                 panic("Oh boy, that early out of memory?");
 
         page = virt_to_page(empty_zero_page);
+        split_page(page, order);
         while (page < virt_to_page(empty_zero_page + (PAGE_SIZE << order))) {
                 SetPageReserved(page);
-                set_page_count(page, 1);
                 page++;
         }
 
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/dma-mapping.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/dma-mapping.c
index 685fd0defe23..61465ec88bc7 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/dma-mapping.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ __dma_alloc_coherent(size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp)
                 pte_t *pte = consistent_pte + CONSISTENT_OFFSET(vaddr);
                 struct page *end = page + (1 << order);
 
+                split_page(page, order);
+
                 /*
                  * Set the "dma handle"
                  */
@@ -231,7 +233,6 @@ __dma_alloc_coherent(size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp)
                 do {
                         BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
 
-                        set_page_count(page, 1);
                         SetPageReserved(page);
                         set_pte_at(&init_mm, vaddr,
                                    pte, mk_pte(page, pgprot_noncached(PAGE_KERNEL)));
@@ -244,7 +245,6 @@ __dma_alloc_coherent(size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp)
                  * Free the otherwise unused pages.
                  */
                 while (page < end) {
-                        set_page_count(page, 1);
                         __free_page(page);
                         page++;
                 }
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/consistent.c b/arch/sh/mm/consistent.c
index df3a9e452cc5..ee73e30263af 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/consistent.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/consistent.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ void *consistent_alloc(gfp_t gfp, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle)
         page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
         if (!page)
                 return NULL;
+        split_page(page, order);
 
         ret = page_address(page);
         *handle = virt_to_phys(ret);
@@ -37,8 +38,6 @@ void *consistent_alloc(gfp_t gfp, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle)
         end  = page + (1 << order);
 
         while (++page < end) {
-                set_page_count(page, 1);
-
                 /* Free any unused pages */
                 if (page >= free) {
                         __free_page(page);
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/pgtable.c
index cbc56aedf13e..7d28914d11cb 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ pte_t* pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
         p = (pte_t*) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, COLOR_ORDER);
 
         if (likely(p)) {
-                struct page *page;
+                split_page(virt_to_page(p), COLOR_ORDER);
 
                 for (i = 0; i < COLOR_SIZE; i++) {
-                        page = virt_to_page(p);
-
-                        set_page_count(page, 1);
-
                         if (ADDR_COLOR(p) == color)
                                 pte = p;
                         else
@@ -55,9 +51,9 @@ struct page* pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
         p = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, PTE_ORDER);
 
         if (likely(p)) {
-                for (i = 0; i < PAGE_ORDER; i++) {
-                        set_page_count(p, 1);
+                split_page(p, COLOR_ORDER);
 
+                for (i = 0; i < PAGE_ORDER; i++) {
                         if (PADDR_COLOR(page_address(p)) == color)
                                 page = p;
                         else
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 9bbddf228cd9..e67980654c49 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@ static inline void get_page(struct page *page)
 
 void put_page(struct page *page);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
+#else
+static inline void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order) {}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Multiple processes may "see" the same page. E.g. for untouched
  * mappings of /dev/null, all processes see the same page full of
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 85e80a57db29..6af555c1c42a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1221,9 +1221,7 @@ out:
  * The page has to be a nice clean _individual_ kernel allocation.
  * If you allocate a compound page, you need to have marked it as
  * such (__GFP_COMP), or manually just split the page up yourself
- * (which is mainly an issue of doing "set_page_count(page, 1)" for
- * each sub-page, and then freeing them one by one when you free
- * them rather than freeing it as a compound page).
+ * (see split_page()).
  *
  * NOTE! Traditionally this was done with "remap_pfn_range()" which
  * took an arbitrary page protection parameter. This doesn't allow
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 102919851353..fc65e87368b3 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -752,6 +752,28 @@ static inline void prep_zero_page(struct page *page, int order, gfp_t gfp_flags)
                 clear_highpage(page + i);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+/*
+ * split_page takes a non-compound higher-order page, and splits it into
+ * n (1<<order) sub-pages: page[0..n]
+ * Each sub-page must be freed individually.
+ *
+ * Note: this is probably too low level an operation for use in drivers.
+ * Please consult with lkml before using this in your driver.
+ */
+void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
+{
+        int i;
+
+        BUG_ON(PageCompound(page));
+        BUG_ON(!page_count(page));
+        for (i = 1; i < (1 << order); i++) {
+                BUG_ON(page_count(page + i));
+                set_page_count(page + i, 1);
+        }
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Really, prep_compound_page() should be called from __rmqueue_bulk().  But
  * we cheat by calling it from here, in the order > 0 path.  Saves a branch