{
        unsigned long next, pages = 0;
        pte_t *pte;
-       void *page_addr;
        phys_addr_t phys_addr;
 
        pte = pte_start + pte_index(addr);
                if (phys_addr < (phys_addr_t)0x40000000)
                        return;
 
-               if (PAGE_ALIGNED(addr) && PAGE_ALIGNED(next)) {
-                       /*
-                        * Do not free direct mapping pages since they were
-                        * freed when offlining, or simply not in use.
-                        */
-                       if (!direct)
-                               free_pagetable(pte_page(*pte), 0);
-
-                       spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
-                       pte_clear(&init_mm, addr, pte);
-                       spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+               if (!direct)
+                       free_pagetable(pte_page(*pte), 0);
 
-                       /* For non-direct mapping, pages means nothing. */
-                       pages++;
-               } else {
-                       /*
-                        * If we are here, we are freeing vmemmap pages since
-                        * direct mapped memory ranges to be freed are aligned.
-                        *
-                        * If we are not removing the whole page, it means
-                        * other page structs in this page are being used and
-                        * we cannot remove them. So fill the unused page_structs
-                        * with 0xFD, and remove the page when it is wholly
-                        * filled with 0xFD.
-                        */
-                       memset((void *)addr, PAGE_INUSE, next - addr);
-
-                       page_addr = page_address(pte_page(*pte));
-                       if (!memchr_inv(page_addr, PAGE_INUSE, PAGE_SIZE)) {
-                               free_pagetable(pte_page(*pte), 0);
+               spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+               pte_clear(&init_mm, addr, pte);
+               spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
 
-                               spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
-                               pte_clear(&init_mm, addr, pte);
-                               spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
-                       }
-               }
+               /* For non-direct mapping, pages means nothing. */
+               pages++;
        }
 
        /* Call free_pte_table() in remove_pmd_table(). */
 void __ref vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
                struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
+       VM_BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(start, PAGE_SIZE));
+       VM_BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(end, PAGE_SIZE));
+
        remove_pagetable(start, end, false, altmap);
 }
 
 {
        int err;
 
+       VM_BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(start, PAGE_SIZE));
+       VM_BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(end, PAGE_SIZE));
+
        if (end - start < PAGES_PER_SECTION * sizeof(struct page))
                err = vmemmap_populate_basepages(start, end, node, NULL);
        else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PSE))