mm: fix race by making init_zero_pfn() early_initcall
There are code paths that rely on zero_pfn to be fully initialized before core_initcall. For example, wq_sysfs_init() is a core_initcall function that eventually results in a call to kernel_execve, which causes a page fault with a subsequent mmput. If zero_pfn is not initialized by then it may not get cleaned up properly and result in an error: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:(ptrval) type:MM_ANONPAGES val:1 Here is an analysis of the race as seen on a MIPS device. On this particular MT7621 device (Ubiquiti ER-X), zero_pfn is PFN 0 until initialized, at which point it becomes PFN 5120: 1. wq_sysfs_init calls into kobject_uevent_env at core_initcall: kobject_uevent_env+0x7e4/0x7ec kset_register+0x68/0x88 bus_register+0xdc/0x34c subsys_virtual_register+0x34/0x78 wq_sysfs_init+0x1c/0x4c do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1a8 kernel_init_freeable+0x230/0x2c8 kernel_init+0x10/0x100 ret_from_kernel_th...
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