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 15/15] mm: remove the __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT flag
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:18:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-15-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-0-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org>
All users of the flag are converted to SLAB_ALLOC_NO_RECURSE. Free up
the flag bit.
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/gfp_types.h | 7 -------
include/linux/slab.h | 2 +-
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 10 +---------
lib/alloc_tag.c | 2 +-
tools/include/linux/gfp_types.h | 7 -------
5 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp_types.h b/include/linux/gfp_types.h
index 6c75df30a281..a93b8bd200b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp_types.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ enum {
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
___GFP_NOLOCKDEP_BIT,
#endif
- ___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT_BIT,
___GFP_LAST_BIT
};
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ enum {
#else
#define ___GFP_NOLOCKDEP 0
#endif
-#define ___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT BIT(___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT_BIT)
/*
* Physical address zone modifiers (see linux/mmzone.h - low four bits)
@@ -137,17 +135,12 @@ enum {
* node with no fallbacks or placement policy enforcements.
*
* %__GFP_ACCOUNT causes the allocation to be accounted to kmemcg.
- *
- * %__GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT causes slab allocation to have no object extension.
- * mark_obj_codetag_empty() should be called upon freeing for objects allocated
- * with this flag to indicate that their NULL tags are expected and normal.
*/
#define __GFP_RECLAIMABLE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_RECLAIMABLE)
#define __GFP_WRITE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE)
#define __GFP_HARDWALL ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_HARDWALL)
#define __GFP_THISNODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_THISNODE)
#define __GFP_ACCOUNT ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ACCOUNT)
-#define __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT)
/**
* DOC: Watermark modifiers
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 11e82fdbe8d3..15d1917b81d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, in
/**
* kmalloc_nolock - Allocate an object of given size from any context.
* @size: size to allocate
- * @gfp_flags: GFP flags. Only __GFP_ACCOUNT, __GFP_ZERO, __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT
+ * @gfp_flags: GFP flags. Only __GFP_ACCOUNT, __GFP_ZERO
* allowed.
* @node: node number of the target node.
*
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index a6e5a44c9b42..c1a05ff0feab 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -54,18 +54,10 @@
# define TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_LOCKDEP
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT
-# define TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_SLAB \
- TRACE_GFP_EM(NO_OBJ_EXT)
-#else
-# define TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_SLAB
-#endif
-
#define TRACE_GFP_FLAGS \
TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_GENERAL \
TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_KASAN \
- TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_LOCKDEP \
- TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_SLAB
+ TRACE_GFP_FLAGS_LOCKDEP
#undef TRACE_GFP_EM
#define TRACE_GFP_EM(a) TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(___GFP_##a##_BIT);
diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
index ed1bdcf1f8ab..63686b44a23d 100644
--- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static __init bool need_page_alloc_tagging(void)
* If insufficient, a warning will be triggered to alert the user.
*
* TODO: Replace fixed-size array with dynamic allocation using
- * a GFP flag similar to ___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT to avoid recursion.
+ * something similar to slab's SLAB_ALLOC_NO_RECURSE to avoid recursion.
*/
#define EARLY_ALLOC_PFN_MAX 8192
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/gfp_types.h b/tools/include/linux/gfp_types.h
index 6c75df30a281..a93b8bd200b7 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/gfp_types.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/gfp_types.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ enum {
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
___GFP_NOLOCKDEP_BIT,
#endif
- ___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT_BIT,
___GFP_LAST_BIT
};
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ enum {
#else
#define ___GFP_NOLOCKDEP 0
#endif
-#define ___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT BIT(___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT_BIT)
/*
* Physical address zone modifiers (see linux/mmzone.h - low four bits)
@@ -137,17 +135,12 @@ enum {
* node with no fallbacks or placement policy enforcements.
*
* %__GFP_ACCOUNT causes the allocation to be accounted to kmemcg.
- *
- * %__GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT causes slab allocation to have no object extension.
- * mark_obj_codetag_empty() should be called upon freeing for objects allocated
- * with this flag to indicate that their NULL tags are expected and normal.
*/
#define __GFP_RECLAIMABLE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_RECLAIMABLE)
#define __GFP_WRITE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE)
#define __GFP_HARDWALL ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_HARDWALL)
#define __GFP_THISNODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_THISNODE)
#define __GFP_ACCOUNT ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ACCOUNT)
-#define __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT)
/**
* DOC: Watermark modifiers
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ 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 ` [PATCH RFC 07/15] mm/slab: pass alloc_flags to new slab allocation Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
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 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
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