From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/13] mm/page_alloc: some renames to clarify alloc_flags scopes
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:01:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-2-31f31367d420@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-0-31f31367d420@google.com>
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.
- prepare_alloc_pages() is generic in that it sets up the
alloc_context, but the alloc_flags it generates are only used for the
fastpath.
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()'s current name is actually fine, but rename it
anyway, just for consistency.
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 6c4eb6908bd95..bc05d75a41627 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3771,8 +3771,8 @@ alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask)
}
/* 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 cma_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ unsigned int alloc_flags)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
if (gfp_migratetype(gfp_mask) == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
@@ -4471,7 +4471,7 @@ static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_mask,
}
static inline unsigned int
-gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
+slowpath_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
{
unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_MIN | ALLOC_CPUSET;
@@ -4508,7 +4508,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
} 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 = cma_alloc_flags(gfp_mask, alloc_flags);
if (defrag_mode)
alloc_flags |= ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT;
@@ -4774,7 +4774,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
* 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 = slowpath_alloc_flags(gfp_mask, order);
/*
* We need to recalculate the starting point for the zonelist iterator
@@ -4815,7 +4815,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
if (reserve_flags)
- alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags) |
+ alloc_flags = cma_alloc_flags(gfp_mask, reserve_flags) |
(alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD);
/*
@@ -5017,7 +5017,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
static inline bool prepare_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask,
struct alloc_context *ac, gfp_t *alloc_gfp,
- unsigned int *alloc_flags)
+ unsigned int *fastpath_alloc_flags)
{
ac->highest_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
ac->zonelist = node_zonelist(preferred_nid, gfp_mask);
@@ -5033,7 +5033,7 @@ static inline bool prepare_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
if (in_task() && !ac->nodemask)
ac->nodemask = &cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
else
- *alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CPUSET;
+ *fastpath_alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CPUSET;
}
might_alloc(gfp_mask);
@@ -5042,11 +5042,11 @@ static inline bool prepare_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
* Don't invoke should_fail logic, since it may call
* get_random_u32() and printk() which need to spin_lock.
*/
- if (!(*alloc_flags & ALLOC_NOLOCK) &&
+ if (!(*fastpath_alloc_flags & ALLOC_NOLOCK) &&
should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_mask, order))
return false;
- *alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, *alloc_flags);
+ *fastpath_alloc_flags = cma_alloc_flags(gfp_mask, *fastpath_alloc_flags);
/* Dirty zone balancing only done in the fast path */
ac->spread_dirty_pages = (gfp_mask & __GFP_WRITE);
@@ -5260,7 +5260,7 @@ struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order,
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 = { };
@@ -5282,17 +5282,17 @@ struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order,
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);
+ fastpath_alloc_flags |= alloc_flags_nofragment(zonelist_zone(ac.preferred_zoneref), gfp);
/* 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;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-22 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-22 10:01 [PATCH v2 00/13] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_TRYLOCK -> ALLOC_NOLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] mm/page_alloc: unify __alloc_frozen_pages[_nolock]_noprof() Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] mm/page_alloc: relax GFP WARN in nolock allocs Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] perf/x86/intel: Use higher-level allocator Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] KVM: VMX: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] x86/virt: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] sgi-xp: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:20 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] net/funeth: Switch to " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node() Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] alloc_tag: Move to mm/ Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] mm: Move __alloc_pages() to mm/internal.h Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 12:24 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] mm: remove __GFP_NO_CODETAG Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:05 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
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