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 v2 06/16] mm/slab: add alloc_flags to slab_alloc_context
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:40:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610-slab_alloc_flags-v2-6-7190909db118@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610-slab_alloc_flags-v2-0-7190909db118@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 e79fbca11bc0..ef745b37d063 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;
@@ -4919,6 +4920,7 @@ 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);
@@ -4929,12 +4931,13 @@ 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);
}
@@ -5406,6 +5409,7 @@ 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,
};
/*
@@ -7256,6 +7260,7 @@ 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:[~2026-06-10 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 15:40 [PATCH v2 00/16] mm/slab: introduce alloc_flags and slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 01/16] mm/slab: do not limit zeroing to orig_size when only red zoning is enabled Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 02/16] mm/slab: do not init any kfence objects on allocation Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 03/16] mm/slab: stop inlining __slab_alloc_node() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 04/16] mm/slab: introduce slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 05/16] mm/slab: introduce alloc_flags and SLAB_ALLOC_TRYLOCK Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 07/16] mm/slab: replace struct partial_context with slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 08/16] mm/slab: pass alloc_flags to new slab allocation Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 09/16] mm/slab: pass alloc_flags through slab_post_alloc_hook() chain Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 10/16] mm/slab: replace slab_alloc_node() parameters with slab_alloc_context Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 11/16] mm/slab: allow kmem_cache_alloc_bulk() with any gfp flags Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 12/16] mm/slab: pass slab_alloc_context to __do_kmalloc_node() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 13/16] mm/slab: allow __GFP_NOMEMALLOC and __GFP_NOWARN for kmalloc_nolock() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 14/16] mm/slab: introduce kmalloc_flags() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 15/16] mm/slab: remove __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT usage from alloc_slab_obj_exts() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-10 15:40 ` [PATCH v2 16/16] mm/slab: replace __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT with SLAB_ALLOC_NO_RECURSE for sheaves Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
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