From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux-Net <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Linux-NFS <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm/page_alloc: Move gfp_allowed_mask enforcement to prepare_alloc_pages
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:49:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210319174926.GC3697@techsingularity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2b5b3bea-c247-0564-f2d4-1dad28f176ed@suse.cz>
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 05:11:39PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 3/12/21 4:43 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > __alloc_pages updates GFP flags to enforce what flags are allowed
> > during a global context such as booting or suspend. This patch moves the
> > enforcement from __alloc_pages to prepare_alloc_pages so the code can be
> > shared between the single page allocator and a new bulk page allocator.
> >
> > When moving, it is obvious that __alloc_pages() and __alloc_pages
> > use different names for the same variable. This is an unnecessary
> > complication so rename gfp_mask to gfp in prepare_alloc_pages() so the
> > name is consistent.
> >
> > No functional change.
>
> Hm, I have some doubts.
>
And you were right, I'll drop the patch and apply the same mask to the
bulk allocator.
--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-19 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-12 15:43 [PATCH 0/7 v4] Introduce a bulk order-0 page allocator with two in-tree users Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 1/7] mm/page_alloc: Move gfp_allowed_mask enforcement to prepare_alloc_pages Mel Gorman
2021-03-19 16:11 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-03-19 17:49 ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 2/7] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated Mel Gorman
2021-03-19 16:22 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 3/7] mm/page_alloc: Add a bulk page allocator Mel Gorman
2021-03-19 18:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-03-22 8:30 ` Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 4/7] SUNRPC: Set rq_page_end differently Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 5/7] SUNRPC: Refresh rq_pages using a bulk page allocator Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 18:44 ` Alexander Duyck
2021-03-12 19:22 ` Chuck Lever III
2021-03-13 12:59 ` Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 6/7] net: page_pool: refactor dma_map into own function page_pool_dma_map Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 15:43 ` [PATCH 7/7] net: page_pool: use alloc_pages_bulk in refill code path Mel Gorman
2021-03-12 19:44 ` Alexander Duyck
2021-03-12 20:05 ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-03-15 13:39 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-03-13 13:30 ` Mel Gorman
2021-03-15 8:40 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-03-15 19:33 ` [PATCH mel-git] Followup: Update [PATCH 7/7] in Mel's series Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-03-15 19:33 ` [PATCH mel-git] net: page_pool: use alloc_pages_bulk in refill code path Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-03-17 16:31 ` [PATCH 0/7 v4] Introduce a bulk order-0 page allocator with two in-tree users Alexander Lobakin
2021-03-17 16:38 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-03-17 16:52 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-03-17 17:19 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-03-17 22:25 ` Alexander Lobakin
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