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 07/15] mm/slab: pass alloc_flags to new slab allocation
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:17:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-7-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-0-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org>
Add the alloc_flags parameter to allocate_slab() and new_slab()
so it can be used to determine if spinning is allowed, independently
from gfp flags.
refill_objects() passes SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT because it can only be
reached from contexts that allow spinning.
Also change how trynode_flags are constructed in ___slab_alloc() to
achieve the same "do not upgrade to GFP_NOWAIT" by using masking instead
of a branch. It will now also not upgrade in cases where gfp is weaker
than GFP_NOWAIT (i.e. lacks __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) but doesn't come from
kmalloc_nolock() - which is more correct anyway.
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
mm/slub.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0bde4f6d9126..20df6b131f63 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3378,9 +3378,10 @@ static __always_inline void unaccount_slab(struct slab *slab, int order,
}
/* Allocate and initialize a slab without building its freelist. */
-static struct slab *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
+static struct slab *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
+ unsigned int alloc_flags, int node)
{
- bool allow_spin = gfpflags_allow_spinning(flags);
+ bool allow_spin = alloc_flags_allow_spinning(alloc_flags);
struct slab *slab;
struct kmem_cache_order_objects oo = s->oo;
gfp_t alloc_gfp;
@@ -3438,15 +3439,17 @@ static struct slab *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
return slab;
}
-static struct slab *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
+static struct slab *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
+ unsigned int alloc_flags, int node)
{
if (unlikely(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK))
flags = kmalloc_fix_flags(flags);
WARN_ON_ONCE(s->ctor && (flags & __GFP_ZERO));
- return allocate_slab(s,
- flags & (GFP_RECLAIM_MASK | GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK), node);
+ flags &= GFP_RECLAIM_MASK | GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK;
+
+ return allocate_slab(s, flags, alloc_flags, node);
}
static void __free_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, bool allow_spin)
@@ -4467,25 +4470,22 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
* 1) try to get a partial slab from target node only by having
* __GFP_THISNODE in pc.flags for get_from_partial()
* 2) if 1) failed, try to allocate a new slab from target node with
- * GPF_NOWAIT | __GFP_THISNODE opportunistically
+ * (at most) GPF_NOWAIT | __GFP_THISNODE opportunistically
* 3) if 2) failed, retry with original gfpflags which will allow
* get_from_partial() try partial lists of other nodes before
* potentially allocating new page from other nodes
*/
if (unlikely(node != NUMA_NO_NODE && !(gfpflags & __GFP_THISNODE)
&& try_thisnode)) {
- if (unlikely(!allow_spin))
- /* Do not upgrade gfp to NOWAIT from more restrictive mode */
- trynode_flags = gfpflags | __GFP_THISNODE;
- else
- trynode_flags = GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_THISNODE;
+ trynode_flags &= GFP_NOWAIT;
+ trynode_flags |= __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_THISNODE;
}
object = get_from_partial(s, node, trynode_flags, ac);
if (object)
goto success;
- slab = new_slab(s, trynode_flags, node);
+ slab = new_slab(s, trynode_flags, ac->alloc_flags, node);
if (unlikely(!slab)) {
if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE && !(gfpflags & __GFP_THISNODE)
@@ -7215,7 +7215,7 @@ refill_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, void **p, gfp_t gfp, unsigned int min,
new_slab:
- slab = new_slab(s, gfp, local_node);
+ slab = new_slab(s, gfp, SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT, local_node);
if (!slab)
goto out;
@@ -7563,7 +7563,7 @@ static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(int node)
BUG_ON(kmem_cache_node->size < sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node));
- slab = new_slab(kmem_cache_node, GFP_NOWAIT, node);
+ slab = new_slab(kmem_cache_node, GFP_NOWAIT, SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT, node);
BUG_ON(!slab);
if (slab_nid(slab) != node) {
--
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 ` [PATCH RFC 05/15] mm/slab: add alloc_flags to slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
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 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
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
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