vmalloc

Linux 6.18.37 LTS: mm/vmalloc.c
Linux 6.18.37 LTS: include/linux/vmalloc.h
Linux 6.18.37 LTS: mm/ioremap.c

again:
	area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, shift, VM_ALLOC |
				  VM_UNINITIALIZED | vm_flags, start, end, node,
				  gfp_mask, caller);

	/* Allocate physical pages and map them into vmalloc space. */
	ret = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, shift, node);
	if (!ret)
		goto fail;

	/*
	 * Mark the pages as accessible, now that they are mapped.
	 * The condition for setting KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT should complement the
	 * one in post_alloc_hook() with regards to the __GFP_SKIP_ZERO check
	 * to make sure that memory is initialized under the same conditions.
	 * Tag-based KASAN modes only assign tags to normal non-executable
	 * allocations, see __kasan_unpoison_vmalloc().
	 */
	kasan_flags |= KASAN_VMALLOC_VM_ALLOC;
	if (!want_init_on_free() && want_init_on_alloc(gfp_mask) &&
	    (gfp_mask & __GFP_SKIP_ZERO))
		kasan_flags |= KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT;
	/* KASAN_VMALLOC_PROT_NORMAL already set if required. */
	area->addr = kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(area->addr, size, kasan_flags);

	/*
	 * In this function, newly allocated vm_struct has VM_UNINITIALIZED
	 * flag. It means that vm_struct is not fully initialized.
	 * Now, it is fully initialized, so remove this flag here.
	 */
	clear_vm_uninitialized_flag(area);

	if (!(vm_flags & VM_DEFER_KMEMLEAK))
		kmemleak_vmalloc(area, PAGE_ALIGN(size), gfp_mask);

	return area->addr;

fail:
	if (shift > PAGE_SHIFT) {
		shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
		align = original_align;
		goto again;
	}

	return NULL;

void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
	   unsigned long flags, pgprot_t prot)
{
	struct vm_struct *area;
	unsigned long addr;
	unsigned long size;		/* In bytes */

	might_sleep();

	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS))
		return NULL;

	/*
	 * Your top guard is someone else's bottom guard. Not having a top
	 * guard compromises someone else's mappings too.
	 */
	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & VM_NO_GUARD))
		flags &= ~VM_NO_GUARD;

	if (count > totalram_pages())
		return NULL;

	size = (unsigned long)count << PAGE_SHIFT;
	area = get_vm_area_caller(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0));
	if (!area)
		return NULL;

	addr = (unsigned long)area->addr;
	if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + size, pgprot_nx(prot),
				pages, PAGE_SHIFT) < 0) {
		vunmap(area->addr);
		return NULL;
	}

	if (flags & VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES) {
		area->pages = pages;
		area->nr_pages = count;
	}
	return area->addr;
}