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 10/13] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node()
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:01:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-10-31f31367d420@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-0-31f31367d420@google.com>
There were only a few users, which have been removed. The only advantage
of this API over alloc_pages_node() is avoiding a single conditional
branch. The disadvantages are:
1. More API surface, more sources of confusion, more maintenance.
2. Worse impact of CPU hotplug bugs: most users of __alloc_pages_node()
were using the result of cpu_to_node(); if the CPU gets hotplugged
out this will return NUMA_NO_NODE. If one of these paths fails to
protect against a concurrent hotplug then page_alloc.c will use
NUMA_NO_NODE as an index into NODE_DATA() and cause some horrible
memory corruption or other. With alloc_pages_node(), the code might
just work fine.
Ulterior motive: this frees up the __* variants of the allocator APIs to
serve specifically for use as mm-internal API.
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
---
include/linux/gfp.h | 20 ++++----------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index cdf95a9f0b87c..7edcc2e0be9ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -278,21 +278,6 @@ static inline void warn_if_node_offline(int this_node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
dump_stack();
}
-/*
- * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. The node must be valid and
- * online. For more general interface, see alloc_pages_node().
- */
-static inline struct page *
-__alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
-{
- VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
- warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
-
- return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
-}
-
-#define __alloc_pages_node(...) alloc_hooks(__alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
-
static inline
struct folio *__folio_alloc_node_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int nid)
{
@@ -315,7 +300,10 @@ static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
nid = numa_mem_id();
- return __alloc_pages_node_noprof(nid, gfp_mask, order);
+ VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
+ warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
+
+ return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
}
#define alloc_pages_node(...) alloc_hooks(alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-22 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ 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 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] mm/page_alloc: some renames to clarify alloc_flags scopes Brendan Jackman
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 10:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-22 10:19 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] KVM: VMX: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-22 10:21 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] x86/virt: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-22 10:22 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] sgi-xp: " Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:15 ` sashiko-bot
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 10:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-22 10:22 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:01 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2026-06-22 10:17 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node() sashiko-bot
2026-06-22 10:28 ` 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 10:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-22 11:14 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 12:24 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-22 13:05 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-06-22 13:07 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 14:30 ` 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)
2026-06-22 13:08 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-06-22 13:15 ` Brendan Jackman
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