Re: [PATCH v4 05/18] mm/page_alloc: unify __alloc_frozen_pages[_nolock]_noprof()

["Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>]

On 7/2/26 11:49, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> Currently the core allocator code is controlled by ALLOC_NOLOCK, but the
> main entry point function is significantly different from the normal
> __alloc_frozen_pages_nolock(), this is tiring when reading the code.
> 
> Plumb the ALLOC_NOLOCK control one layer up in the call stack: create
> an alloc_flags argument to __alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() (which is only
> exposed to mm/) and then turn the nolock variant into a thin wrapper
> that just sets that flag (as well as handling NUMA_NO_NODE, similar to
> how some of the wrappers in gfp.h do).
> 
> For consistency, set ALLOC_WMARK_MIN explicitly in fastpath_alloc_flags
> for the new ALLOC_NOLOCK path. This was already "done" silently in
> __alloc_frozen_pages_nolock_noprof(): ALLOC_WMARK_MIN is 0.
> 
> Rationale that this doesn't change anything:
> 
> 1. Simple bits: A bunch of the nolock-specific handling is just moved to
>    the new alloc_order_allowed(), alloc_nolock_allowed() and
>    gfp_nolock.
> 
> 2. __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof() has some extra logic that wasn't
>    previously in the nolock variant:
> 
>    a. Application of gfp_allowed_mask; this only affects early boot,
>       only flags that affect the slowpath get changed here, and the
>       nolock allocation path isn't allowed to the GFP_BOOT_MASK flags.
> 
>    b. Application of current_gfp_context() - also only affects the
>       slowpath
> 
> 3. The slowpath itself: this is now just explicitly skipped under
>    !ALLOC_TRYLOCK.
> 
> Ulterior motive: adding an alloc_flags arg to the allocator's
> mm-internal entrypoint can later be used to do more allocation
> customisation without needing to create new GFP flags.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>

LGTM
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>