From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
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Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 13/16] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node()
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:12:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260629-alloc-trylock-v3-13-57bef0eadbc2@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260629-alloc-trylock-v3-0-57bef0eadbc2@google.com>
There were only a few users, which have been removed. The only advantage
of this API over alloc_pages_node() is avoiding a single conditional
branch. The disadvantages are:
1. More API surface, more sources of confusion, more maintenance.
2. Worse impact of CPU hotplug bugs: most users of __alloc_pages_node()
were using the result of cpu_to_node(); if the CPU gets hotplugged
out this will return NUMA_NO_NODE. If one of these paths fails to
protect against a concurrent hotplug then page_alloc.c will use
NUMA_NO_NODE as an index into NODE_DATA() and cause some horrible
memory corruption or other. With alloc_pages_node(), the code might
just work fine.
Ulterior motive: this frees up the __* variants of the allocator APIs to
serve specifically for use as mm-internal API.
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
---
include/linux/gfp.h | 20 ++++----------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 01d6d2591f49e..3bf55a5f9143e 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -256,21 +256,6 @@ static inline void warn_if_node_offline(int this_node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
dump_stack();
}
-/*
- * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. The node must be valid and
- * online. For more general interface, see alloc_pages_node().
- */
-static inline struct page *
-__alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
-{
- VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
- warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
-
- return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
-}
-
-#define __alloc_pages_node(...) alloc_hooks(__alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
-
static inline
struct folio *__folio_alloc_node_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int nid)
{
@@ -293,7 +278,10 @@ static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
nid = numa_mem_id();
- return __alloc_pages_node_noprof(nid, gfp_mask, order);
+ VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
+ warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
+
+ return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
}
#define alloc_pages_node(...) alloc_hooks(alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-29 13:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-29 13:11 [PATCH v3 00/16] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 01/16] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_TRYLOCK -> ALLOC_NOLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 12:27 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] mm/page_alloc: some renames to clarify alloc_flags scopes Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 12:38 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-30 17:25 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 16:41 ` JP Kobryn
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] mm: name some args in a function declaration Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 12:43 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] mm: Split out internal page_alloc.h Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 14:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 13:54 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] mm/page_alloc: unify __alloc_frozen_pages[_nolock]_noprof() Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 14:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-29 15:27 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 13:36 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-30 15:34 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-30 16:56 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 2:10 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-30 17:04 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 2:21 ` Harry Yoo
2026-07-01 8:40 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 16:16 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-30 18:47 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] mm/page_alloc: relax GFP WARN in nolock allocs Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 13:52 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-30 16:42 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] mm: move some stuff to mm/page_alloc.h Brendan Jackman
2026-06-30 16:42 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] perf/x86/intel: Use higher-level allocator API Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 7:50 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] KVM: VMX: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 15:31 ` -EXT-[PATCH " Soderlund, David
2026-07-01 7:50 ` [PATCH " Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:11 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] x86/virt: " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 7:51 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:12 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] sgi-xp: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 15:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-29 18:47 ` Steve Wahl
2026-07-01 7:52 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-01 8:51 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 13:12 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] net/funeth: Switch to " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 7:53 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:12 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2026-06-29 15:27 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node() sashiko-bot
2026-07-01 7:54 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:12 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] mm: Move __alloc_pages() to mm/page_alloc.h Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 8:08 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:12 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] mm: replace __GFP_NO_CODETAG with ALLOC_NO_CODETAG Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 15:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 4:34 ` Hao Ge
2026-06-30 1:55 ` Hao Ge
2026-06-30 10:10 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 1:47 ` Hao Ge
2026-07-01 1:52 ` Zi Yan
2026-06-30 12:01 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 8:30 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-29 13:12 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] mm: remove the __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT flag Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 16:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 10:04 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-01 8:32 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-01 9:10 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs Mike Rapoport
2026-06-29 14:30 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-29 15:05 ` Brendan Jackman
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