mm: introduce memmap_alloc() to unify memory map allocation
There are several places that allocate memory for the memory map: alloc_node_mem_map() for FLATMEM, sparse_buffer_init() and __populate_section_memmap() for SPARSEMEM. The memory allocated in the FLATMEM case is zeroed and it is never poisoned, regardless of CONFIG_PAGE_POISON setting. The memory allocated in the SPARSEMEM cases is not zeroed and it is implicitly poisoned inside memblock if CONFIG_PAGE_POISON is set. Introduce memmap_alloc() wrapper for memblock allocators that will be used for both FLATMEM and SPARSEMEM cases and will makei memory map zeroing and poisoning consistent for different memory models. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210714123739.16493-4-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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