From: Juan Yescas <jyescas@google.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: jyescas@google.com, android-mm@google.com, ljs@kernel.org,
fvdl@google.com, tkjos@google.com, minchan@google.com,
dskiba@google.com, open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 10/16] mm: Set the selected zone in gfp_t flags
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 18:09:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806011048.517229-11-jyescas@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806011048.517229-1-jyescas@google.com>
This change sets the selected zone in gfp_t flags.
Signed-off-by: Juan Yescas <jyescas@google.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use static for the set_zone_to_alloc_from function.
mm/page_alloc_hogger.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc_hogger.c b/mm/page_alloc_hogger.c
index 9b1eaf3814e1..0e9ac43e9868 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc_hogger.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc_hogger.c
@@ -127,6 +127,34 @@ struct page_alloc {
static struct kmem_cache *req_alloc_cache;
static struct kmem_cache *page_alloc_cache;
+static inline void set_zone_to_alloc_from(int zone_idx, gfp_t *flags_ptr)
+{
+ switch (zone_idx) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
+ case ZONE_DMA:
+ *flags_ptr |= __GFP_DMA;
+ break;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
+ case ZONE_DMA32:
+ *flags_ptr |= __GFP_DMA32;
+ break;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+ case ZONE_HIGHMEM:
+ *flags_ptr |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
+ break;
+#endif
+ case ZONE_MOVABLE:
+ *flags_ptr |= __GFP_MOVABLE;
+ break;
+ case ZONE_NORMAL:
+ default:
+ *flags_ptr |= 0;
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
/**
* req_page_alloc_write() - Allocates the pages on the requested node, zone,
* order and migrate type. Once the allocation is performed, a file is created
@@ -135,8 +163,10 @@ static struct kmem_cache *page_alloc_cache;
static ssize_t req_page_alloc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
+ struct req_alloc *req = file->private_data;
unsigned long nr_pages_allocs;
unsigned long *allocs_ids;
+ gfp_t flags = 0;
int ret;
ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &nr_pages_allocs);
@@ -148,6 +178,8 @@ static ssize_t req_page_alloc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
if (!allocs_ids)
return -ENOMEM;
+ set_zone_to_alloc_from(req->zone_idx, &flags);
+
kfree(allocs_ids);
return cnt;
--
2.55.0.629.g250fe7f194-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 1:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 1:09 [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] Page Alloc Hogger Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/16] mm: Page Alloc Hogger module Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 02/16] mm: Define structs for allocation requests and store allocations Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 03/16] mm: Define the caches for the structs req_alloc and page_alloc Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/16] mm: Define function to create a dir for each online node Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 05/16] mm: Define function to create a dir for populated zone Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/16] mm: Define function to create a dir for each page order Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 07/16] mm: Define function to create a dir for each migrate type Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 08/16] mm: Define function that creates the "nr_pages_allocs" file Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 09/16] mm: Read the nr_pages_allocs value given by user Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` Juan Yescas [this message]
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 11/16] mm: Sets the migrate type in gfp_t flags Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 12/16] mm: Define the make_alloc() function Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 13/16] mm: Create the file associated with an allocation Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 14/16] mm: Free pages, remove files and clean cache when one alloc fails Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 15/16] mm: Create the "free" file to release the previously allocated pages Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 1:09 ` [RFC PATCH v2 16/16] mm: Release resources when the page alloc hogger module exits Juan Yescas
2026-08-06 5:22 ` [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] Page Alloc Hogger Andrew Morton
2026-08-06 9:48 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-06 11:17 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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