+ mm-page_alloc-some-renames-to-clarify-alloc_flags-scopes.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/page_alloc: some renames to clarify alloc_flags scopes
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-page_alloc-some-renames-to-clarify-alloc_flags-scopes.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-page_alloc-some-renames-to-clarify-alloc_flags-scopes.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Subject: mm/page_alloc: some renames to clarify alloc_flags scopes
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:31:42 +0000

It's pretty confusing that:

- The slowpath and fastpath have a totally distinct set of alloc_flags.

- gfp_to_alloc_flags() sounds generic but it only influences the
  slowpath.

Rename some variables to highlight which alloc_flags are
fastpath-specific.  Rename gfp_to_alloc_flags() to highlight that it's
slowpath-specific.

gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma() and gfp_to_alloc_flags_nonblocking() currently
have perfectly harmless names, but to keep the naming consistent also
rename those to the alloc_flags_*() pattern (which already exists for
alloc_flags_nofragment()).

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-2-c87b714e19d3@google.com
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Acked-by: JP Kobryn <jp.kobryn@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/skbuff.h |    2 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c        |   28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h~mm-page_alloc-some-renames-to-clarify-alloc_flags-scopes
+++ a/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3573,7 +3573,7 @@ static inline struct page *__dev_alloc_p
 	 * 3.  If requesting a order 0 page it will not be compound
 	 *     due to the check to see if order has a value in prep_new_page
 	 * 4.  __GFP_MEMALLOC is ignored if __GFP_NOMEMALLOC is set due to
-	 *     code in gfp_to_alloc_flags that should be enforcing this.
+	 *     code in alloc_flags_slowpath() that should be enforcing this.
 	 */
 	gfp_mask |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_MEMALLOC;
 
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-some-renames-to-clarify-alloc_flags-scopes
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3774,8 +3774,8 @@ alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone
 }
 
 /* Must be called after current_gfp_context() which can change gfp_mask */
-static inline unsigned int gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_t gfp_mask,
-						  unsigned int alloc_flags)
+static inline unsigned int alloc_flags_cma(gfp_t gfp_mask,
+					   unsigned int alloc_flags)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
 	if (gfp_migratetype(gfp_mask) == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
@@ -4474,7 +4474,7 @@ static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned in
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int
-gfp_to_alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
 	unsigned int alloc_flags = 0;
 
@@ -4497,7 +4497,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp_t gfp
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int
-gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+alloc_flags_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
 	unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_MIN | ALLOC_CPUSET;
 
@@ -4512,7 +4512,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsig
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_KSWAPD;
 
-	alloc_flags |= gfp_to_alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp_mask, order);
+	alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp_mask, order);
 
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM)) {
 		/*
@@ -4525,7 +4525,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsig
 	} else if (unlikely(rt_or_dl_task(current)) && in_task())
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE;
 
-	alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, alloc_flags);
+	alloc_flags = alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, alloc_flags);
 
 	if (defrag_mode)
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT;
@@ -4791,7 +4791,7 @@ restart:
 	 * kswapd needs to be woken up, and to avoid the cost of setting up
 	 * alloc_flags precisely. So we do that now.
 	 */
-	alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_mask, order);
+	alloc_flags = alloc_flags_slowpath(gfp_mask, order);
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to recalculate the starting point for the zonelist iterator
@@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@ retry:
 
 	reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
 	if (reserve_flags)
-		alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags) |
+		alloc_flags = alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags) |
 					  (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD);
 
 	/*
@@ -5063,7 +5063,7 @@ static inline bool prepare_alloc_pages(g
 	    should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_mask, order))
 		return false;
 
-	*alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, *alloc_flags);
+	*alloc_flags = alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, *alloc_flags);
 
 	/* Dirty zone balancing only done in the fast path */
 	ac->spread_dirty_pages = (gfp_mask & __GFP_WRITE);
@@ -5277,7 +5277,7 @@ struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof
 		int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW;
+	unsigned int fastpath_alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW;
 	gfp_t alloc_gfp; /* The gfp_t that was actually used for allocation */
 	struct alloc_context ac = { };
 
@@ -5299,18 +5299,18 @@ struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof
 	gfp = current_gfp_context(gfp);
 	alloc_gfp = gfp;
 	if (!prepare_alloc_pages(gfp, order, preferred_nid, nodemask, &ac,
-			&alloc_gfp, &alloc_flags))
+			&alloc_gfp, &fastpath_alloc_flags))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * Forbid the first pass from falling back to types that fragment
 	 * memory until all local zones are considered.
 	 */
-	alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nofragment(zonelist_zone(ac.preferred_zoneref), gfp);
-	alloc_flags |= gfp_to_alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp, order) & ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC;
+	fastpath_alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nofragment(zonelist_zone(ac.preferred_zoneref), gfp);
+	fastpath_alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp, order) & ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC;
 
 	/* First allocation attempt */
-	page = get_page_from_freelist(alloc_gfp, order, alloc_flags, &ac);
+	page = get_page_from_freelist(alloc_gfp, order, fastpath_alloc_flags, &ac);
 	if (likely(page))
 		goto out;
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jackmanb@google.com are

mm-page_alloc-drop-flag-conversion-optimisation.patch
mm-secretmem-disable-under-highmem.patch
mm-page_alloc-rename-alloc_trylock-alloc_nolock.patch
mm-page_alloc-some-renames-to-clarify-alloc_flags-scopes.patch
mm-name-some-args-in-a-function-declaration.patch
mm-split-out-internal-page_alloch.patch
mm-page_alloc-unify-__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof.patch
mm-page_alloc-relax-gfp-warn-in-nolock-allocs.patch
mm-move-some-stuff-to-mm-page_alloch.patch
perf-x86-intel-use-higher-level-allocator-api.patch
kvm-vmx-use-higher-level-allocator-api.patch
x86-virt-use-higher-level-allocator-api.patch
sgi-xp-use-higher-level-allocator-api.patch
net-funeth-switch-to-higher-level-allocator-api.patch
mm-remove-__alloc_pages_node.patch
mm-move-__alloc_pages-to-mm-page_alloch.patch
mm-replace-__gfp_no_codetag-with-alloc_no_codetag.patch
mm-page_alloc-drop-alloc_flags-arg-from-alloc_flags_cma.patch
mm-factor-out-can_spin_trylock.patch