From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
To: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>
Cc: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
Marco Elver <elver@google.com>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
"Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 05/15] mm/slab: add alloc_flags to slab_alloc_context
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:17:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-5-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-0-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org>
Add alloc_flags as a new field to the slab_alloc_context helper struct,
so we can pass it to more functions in the slab implementation without
adding another function parameter.
Start checking them via alloc_flags_allow_spinning() in
alloc_single_from_new_slab() (where we can drop the allow_spin
parameter) and ___slab_alloc(). This further reduces false-positive
spinning-not-allowed from allocations that are not kmalloc_nolock() but
lack __GFP_RECLAIM flags.
_kmalloc_nolock_noprof() initializes ac.alloc_flags using its flags that
are SLAB_ALLOC_TRYLOCK. slab_alloc_node() and __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk()
are not reachable from kmalloc_nolock() and all their callers expect
spinning to be allowed, so they can use SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT. This is
temporary as the scope of slab_alloc_context will further move to the
callers, making the alloc_flags usage more obvious.
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
mm/slub.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 278d8cbcc7ee..b2a452dd70fa 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(strict_numa);
struct slab_alloc_context {
unsigned long caller_addr;
unsigned long orig_size;
+ unsigned int alloc_flags;
};
/* Structure holding parameters for get_from_partial() call chain */
@@ -3693,9 +3694,9 @@ static inline void init_slab_obj_iter(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
* and put the slab to the partial (or full) list.
*/
static void *alloc_single_from_new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
- struct slab_alloc_context *ac,
- bool allow_spin)
+ struct slab_alloc_context *ac)
{
+ bool allow_spin = alloc_flags_allow_spinning(ac->alloc_flags);
struct kmem_cache_node *n;
struct slab_obj_iter iter;
bool needs_add_partial;
@@ -4452,7 +4453,7 @@ static unsigned int alloc_from_new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
struct slab_alloc_context *ac)
{
- bool allow_spin = gfpflags_allow_spinning(gfpflags);
+ bool allow_spin = alloc_flags_allow_spinning(ac->alloc_flags);
void *object;
struct slab *slab;
struct partial_context pc;
@@ -4503,7 +4504,7 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
stat(s, ALLOC_SLAB);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLUB_TINY) || kmem_cache_debug(s)) {
- object = alloc_single_from_new_slab(s, slab, ac, allow_spin);
+ object = alloc_single_from_new_slab(s, slab, ac);
if (likely(object))
goto success;
@@ -4903,6 +4904,7 @@ unsigned int alloc_from_pcs_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp, size_t size,
static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
gfp_t gfpflags, int node, unsigned long addr, size_t orig_size)
{
+ const unsigned int alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT;
void *object;
s = slab_pre_alloc_hook(s, gfpflags);
@@ -4913,12 +4915,13 @@ static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list
if (unlikely(object))
goto out;
- object = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfpflags, SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT, node);
+ object = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfpflags, alloc_flags, node);
if (unlikely(!object)) {
struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
.caller_addr = addr,
.orig_size = orig_size,
+ .alloc_flags = alloc_flags,
};
object = __slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, node, &ac);
}
@@ -5390,6 +5393,7 @@ void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, in
struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
.orig_size = orig_size,
+ .alloc_flags = alloc_flags,
};
/*
@@ -7240,6 +7244,7 @@ static bool __kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
.orig_size = s->object_size,
+ .alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
};
for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-09 9:17 [PATCH RFC 00/15] mm/slab: introduce alloc_flags and slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 01/15] mm/slab: always zero only requested size on alloc Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 02/15] mm/slab: stop inlining __slab_alloc_node() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 03/15] mm/slab: introduce slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 04/15] mm/slab: introduce alloc_flags and SLAB_ALLOC_TRYLOCK Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 06/15] mm/slab: replace struct partial_context with slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 07/15] mm/slab: pass alloc_flags to new slab allocation Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 08/15] mm/slab: pass alloc_flags through slab_post_alloc_hook() chain Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 09/15] mm/slab: replace slab_alloc_node() parameters with slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 10/15] mm/slab: allow kmem_cache_alloc_bulk() with any gfp flags Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 11/15] mm/slab: pass slab_alloc_context to __do_kmalloc_node() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 12/15] mm/slab: introduce kmalloc_flags() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 13/15] mm/slab: remove __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT usage from alloc_slab_obj_exts() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:17 ` [PATCH RFC 14/15] mm/slab: replace __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT with SLAB_ALLOC_NO_RECURSE for sheaves Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 9:18 ` [PATCH RFC 15/15] mm: remove the __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT flag Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 13:35 ` [PATCH RFC 00/15] mm/slab: introduce alloc_flags and slab_alloc_context Usama Arif
2026-06-09 14:28 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-09 18:40 ` Alexei Starovoitov
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-5-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org \
--to=vbabka@kernel.org \
--cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
--cc=ast@kernel.org \
--cc=cgroups@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=cl@gentwo.org \
--cc=dvyukov@google.com \
--cc=elver@google.com \
--cc=glider@google.com \
--cc=hannes@cmpxchg.org \
--cc=hao.li@linux.dev \
--cc=harry@kernel.org \
--cc=kasan-dev@googlegroups.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-mm@kvack.org \
--cc=mhocko@kernel.org \
--cc=rientjes@google.com \
--cc=roman.gushchin@linux.dev \
--cc=shakeel.butt@linux.dev \
--cc=surenb@google.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.