[PATCH v2 1/3] mm/Kconfig: add ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU Option and enable it for s390/alpha
From: Hao Ge
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 23:06:25 EST
From: Hao Ge <gehao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Recently discovered this entry while checking kallsyms on ARM64:
ffff800083e509c0 D _shared_alloc_tag
If ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU is not defined((it is only defined for
s390 and alpha architectures),there's no need to statically define
the percpu variable _shared_alloc_tag. As the number of CPUs
increases,the wasted memory will grow correspondingly.
Therefore,we need to implement isolation for this purpose.
However,currently ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU is a #define and
is enclosed within the #if defined(MODULE) conditional block.
When building the core kernel code for s390 or alpha architectures,
ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU remains undefined (as it is gated
by #if defined(MODULE)).However,when building modules for these
architectures,the macro is explicitly defined.
Therefore,we need to make ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU a Kconfig option.
And replace all instances of ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU in the kernel
code with MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU,MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU might
be a more accurate description.
Then,when defining the percpu variable _shared_alloc_tag,wrap it
with the CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU condition.
Therefore,we should add the ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU option
to the mm Kconfig file and enable it for the s390 and alpha
architectures.
Suggested-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <gehao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/s390/Kconfig | 1 +
mm/Kconfig | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 109a4cddcd13..ce9bc842e384 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config ALPHA
select ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS if PCI
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
+ select ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
select ARCH_NO_SG_CHAIN
select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 0c16dc443e2f..716031d22346 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ config S390
select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ
select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE
select ARCH_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_ENABLE
+ select ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
select ARCH_STACKWALK
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index e113f713b493..2f55cc95cfcb 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -929,6 +929,10 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_PUD_PFNMAP
def_bool y
depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGE_PFNMAP && HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
+# s390 and alpha should be enabled,see comments for DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION
+config ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
+ bool
+
#
# UP and nommu archs use km based percpu allocator
#
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