+ mm-page_alloc-relax-gfp-warn-in-nolock-allocs.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-page_alloc-relax-gfp-warn-in-nolock-allocs.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/page_alloc: relax GFP WARN in nolock allocs
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-page_alloc-relax-gfp-warn-in-nolock-allocs.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-relax-gfp-warn-in-nolock-allocs.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-new branch at
    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: relax GFP WARN in nolock allocs
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:31:46 +0000

This WARN forbids setting other flags than __GFP_ACCOUNT but we
unconditionally set the ones in gfp_nolock so they are certainly fine for
the caller to set.

There are other GFP flags that are almost certainly fine to set here;
Willy noted GFP_HIGHMEM, GFP_DMA, GFP_MOVABLE and GFP_HARDWALL.  But,
nolock allocation is rather special, so be conservative to try and ensure
we have a chance to think carefully before nontrivial new usecases arise.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-6-c87b714e19d3@google.com
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/ajS96fWbG4dzP3u3@casper.infradead.org/
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/page_alloc.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-relax-gfp-warn-in-nolock-allocs
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5355,7 +5355,8 @@ struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NOLOCK) {
-		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp & ~__GFP_ACCOUNT);
+		/* Certain other flags could be supported later if needed. */
+		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp & ~(__GFP_ACCOUNT | gfp_nolock));
 		if (!alloc_nolock_allowed())
 			return NULL;
 		gfp |= gfp_nolock;
_

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