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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 09/15] mm/slab: replace slab_alloc_node() parameters with slab_alloc_context
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:17:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-9-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609-slab_alloc_flags-v1-0-2bf4a4b9b526@kernel.org>

The function takes all the parameters that exist as fields in
slab_alloc_context, except alloc_flags. Replace them with a single
pointer.

This moves slab_alloc_context initialization to a number of callers,
which is more verbose, but arguably also more clear than a long list of
parameters, and most do not use the 'lru' field.

This will also allow kmalloc_nolock() to call slab_alloc_node() and
reduce the special open-coding it currently has.

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
 mm/slub.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 034f2cd1c1fd..b511d768e9b6 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4905,30 +4905,23 @@ unsigned int alloc_from_pcs_bulk(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp, size_t size,
  *
  * Otherwise we can simply pick the next object from the lockless free list.
  */
-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)
+static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
+		gfp_t gfpflags, int node, struct slab_alloc_context *ac)
 {
-	const unsigned int alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT;
 	void *object;
-	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
-		.caller_addr = addr,
-		.orig_size = orig_size,
-		.alloc_flags = alloc_flags,
-		.lru = lru,
-	};
 
 	s = slab_pre_alloc_hook(s, gfpflags);
 	if (unlikely(!s))
 		return NULL;
 
-	object = kfence_alloc(s, orig_size, gfpflags);
+	object = kfence_alloc(s, ac->orig_size, gfpflags);
 	if (unlikely(object))
 		goto out;
 
-	object = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfpflags, alloc_flags, node);
+	object = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfpflags, ac->alloc_flags, node);
 
 	if (!object)
-		object = __slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, node, &ac);
+		object = __slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, node, ac);
 
 	maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(s, object);
 
@@ -4937,15 +4930,21 @@ static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list
 	 * In case this fails due to memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook(),
 	 * object is set to NULL
 	 */
-	slab_post_alloc_hook(s, gfpflags, 1, &object, &ac);
+	slab_post_alloc_hook(s, gfpflags, 1, &object, ac);
 
 	return object;
 }
 
 void *kmem_cache_alloc_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 {
-	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, NULL, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, _RET_IP_,
-				    s->object_size);
+	void *ret;
+	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+		.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+		.orig_size = s->object_size,
+		.alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
+	};
+
+	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, &ac);
 
 	trace_kmem_cache_alloc(_RET_IP_, ret, s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 
@@ -4956,8 +4955,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_noprof);
 void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru,
 			   gfp_t gfpflags)
 {
-	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, lru, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, _RET_IP_,
-				    s->object_size);
+	void *ret;
+	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+		.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+		.orig_size = s->object_size,
+		.alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
+		.lru = lru,
+	};
+
+	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, &ac);
 
 	trace_kmem_cache_alloc(_RET_IP_, ret, s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 
@@ -4989,7 +4995,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_charge);
  */
 void *kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node)
 {
-	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, NULL, gfpflags, node, _RET_IP_, s->object_size);
+	void *ret;
+	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+		.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+		.orig_size = s->object_size,
+		.alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
+	};
+
+	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, node, &ac);
 
 	trace_kmem_cache_alloc(_RET_IP_, ret, s, gfpflags, node);
 
@@ -5319,6 +5332,11 @@ void *__do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, kmem_buckets *b, gfp_t flags, int node,
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 	void *ret;
+	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+		.caller_addr = caller,
+		.orig_size = size,
+		.alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
+	};
 
 	if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)) {
 		ret = __kmalloc_large_node_noprof(size, flags, node);
@@ -5332,7 +5350,7 @@ void *__do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, kmem_buckets *b, gfp_t flags, int node,
 
 	s = kmalloc_slab(size, b, flags, token);
 
-	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, NULL, flags, node, caller, size);
+	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, flags, node, &ac);
 	ret = kasan_kmalloc(s, ret, size, flags);
 	trace_kmalloc(caller, ret, size, s->size, flags, node);
 	return ret;
@@ -5451,8 +5469,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof);
 
 void *__kmalloc_cache_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, size_t size)
 {
-	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, NULL, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE,
-					    _RET_IP_, size);
+	void *ret;
+	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+		.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+		.orig_size = size,
+		.alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
+	};
+
+	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE, &ac);
 
 	trace_kmalloc(_RET_IP_, ret, size, s->size, gfpflags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 
@@ -5464,7 +5488,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_cache_noprof);
 void *__kmalloc_cache_node_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags,
 				  int node, size_t size)
 {
-	void *ret = slab_alloc_node(s, NULL, gfpflags, node, _RET_IP_, size);
+	void *ret;
+	struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+		.caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+		.orig_size = size,
+		.alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_DEFAULT,
+	};
+
+	ret = slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, node, &ac);
 
 	trace_kmalloc(_RET_IP_, ret, size, s->size, gfpflags, node);
 

-- 
2.54.0



  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 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
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 ` [PATCH RFC 15/15] mm: remove the __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT flag Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

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