1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 186ec6ab334d..a47c879e1304 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1097,6 +1097,32 @@ unsigned long __init node_memmap_size_bytes(int, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 #define pfn_valid_within(pfn) (1)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
+/*
+ * pfn_valid() is meant to be able to tell if a given PFN has valid memmap
+ * associated with it or not. In FLATMEM, it is expected that holes always
+ * have valid memmap as long as there is valid PFNs either side of the hole.
+ * In SPARSEMEM, it is assumed that a valid section has a memmap for the
+ * entire section.
+ *
+ * However, an ARM, and maybe other embedded architectures in the future
+ * free memmap backing holes to save memory on the assumption the memmap is
+ * never used. The page_zone linkages are then broken even though pfn_valid()
+ * returns true. A walker of the full memmap must then do this additional
+ * check to ensure the memmap they are looking at is sane by making sure
+ * the zone and PFN linkages are still valid. This is expensive, but walkers
+ * of the full memmap are extremely rare.
+ */
+int memmap_valid_within(unsigned long pfn,
+                                        struct page *page, struct zone *zone);
+#else
+static inline int memmap_valid_within(unsigned long pfn,
+                                        struct page *page, struct zone *zone)
+{
+        return 1;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL */
+
 #endif /* !__GENERATING_BOUNDS.H */
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_MMZONE_H */