把物理内存当作一片地址连续的存储空间,内核将这块连续的内存空间分为一页一页的内存块 struct page 。
最早的内存模型,管理1G以下的内存时足够高效,可以虚拟地址与物理地址直接映射,它只适合管理一整块连续的物理内存。当大于1G且多块非连续的物理内存时,会造成内存空洞浪费内存空间。
FLATMEM 模型利用 mem_map 一个全局数组来组织这些物理页的 page 结构。
/*
* linux-4.9.37/mm/memory.c
*/
#ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
/* use the per-pgdat data instead for discontigmem - mbligh */
unsigned long max_mapnr;
struct page *mem_map;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(max_mapnr);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_map);
#endif
/*
* linux-4.9.37/mm/page_alloc.c\
*/
static void __ref alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
{
unsigned long __maybe_unused start = 0;
unsigned long __maybe_unused offset = 0;
/* Skip empty nodes */
if (!pgdat->node_spanned_pages)
return;
#ifdef CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP
start = pgdat->node_start_pfn & ~(MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1);
offset = pgdat->node_start_pfn - start;
/* ia64 gets its own node_mem_map, before this, without bootmem */
if (!pgdat->node_mem_map) {
unsigned long size, end;
struct page *map;
/*
* The zone's endpoints aren't required to be MAX_ORDER
* aligned but the node_mem_map endpoints must be in order
* for the buddy allocator to function correctly.
*/
end = pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat);
end = ALIGN(end, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
size = (end - start) * sizeof(struct page);
map = alloc_remap(pgdat->node_id, size);
if (!map)
map = memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic(size,
pgdat->node_id);
pgdat->node_mem_map = map + offset;
}
#ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
/*
* With no DISCONTIG, the global mem_map is just set as node 0's
*/
if (pgdat == NODE_DATA(0)) {
mem_map = NODE_DATA(0)->node_mem_map;
#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP) || defined(CONFIG_FLATMEM)
if (page_to_pfn(mem_map) != pgdat->node_start_pfn)
mem_map -= offset;
#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP */
}
#endif
#endif /* CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP */
}
void __paginginit free_area_init_node(int nid, unsigned long *zones_size,
unsigned long node_start_pfn, unsigned long *zholes_size)
{
pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
unsigned long start_pfn = 0;
unsigned long end_pfn = 0;
/* pg_data_t should be reset to zero when it's allocated */
WARN_ON(pgdat->nr_zones || pgdat->kswapd_classzone_idx);
pgdat->node_id = nid;
pgdat->node_start_pfn = node_start_pfn;
pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats = NULL;
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
get_pfn_range_for_nid(nid, &start_pfn, &end_pfn);
pr_info("Initmem setup node %d [mem %#018Lx-%#018Lx]\n", nid,
(u64)start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
end_pfn ? ((u64)end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1 : 0);
#else
start_pfn = node_start_pfn;
#endif
calculate_node_totalpages(pgdat, start_pfn, end_pfn,
zones_size, zholes_size);
alloc_node_mem_map(pgdat);
#ifdef CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP
printk(KERN_DEBUG "free_area_init_node: node %d, pgdat %08lx, node_mem_map %08lx\n",
nid, (unsigned long)pgdat,
(unsigned long)pgdat->node_mem_map);
#endif
reset_deferred_meminit(pgdat);
free_area_init_core(pgdat);
}