--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-optimise-nth_page-for-contiguous-memmap +++ a/include/linux/mm.h @@ -234,7 +234,11 @@ int overcommit_policy_handler(struct ctl int __add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index, gfp_t gfp, void **shadowp); +#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) #define nth_page(page,n) pfn_to_page(page_to_pfn((page)) + (n)) +#else +#define nth_page(page,n) ((page) + (n)) +#endif /* to align the pointer to the (next) page boundary */ #define PAGE_ALIGN(addr) ALIGN(addr, PAGE_SIZE)