From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/18] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:51:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b2177dec-786b-48ec-ae14-6013df3275bd@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+i-1C0exwnJnp-WXQa3r==d_TeRj2Ocrn9COMCdC93UiWvQoQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 7/10/26 10:36, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2026 at 09:30, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 3 Jul 2026 14:47:32 +0200 "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On 7/3/26 14:31, Brendan Jackman wrote:
>> > > Based on mm-new.
>> >
>> > Seems ready for mm-new to me. I suspect most further non-trivial page
>> > allocator work will conflict, so better have it in mm to be based upon.
>>
>> OK, thanks, added.
>>
>> I also added some little notes to track Zi Yan's comments.
>
> Thank Andrew. In this instance, what's the best way to send updates, I
> guess now they're in mm-new it's best to just send them as fixups for
> you to squash? In reply to the thread?
>
>> Sashiko had things to say, mainly pre-existing things.
>>
>> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-0-c87b714e19d3@google.com
>>
>> the xpc_create_gru_mq_uv() issues look like facepalms.
>
> Oh actually I didn't see the point about the alloc_pages_nolock()
> comment before. Other than that, yeah all of those comments have been
> discussed during the reviews, or are brokenness in totally unrelated
> code.
>
> There is this where we should probably make a decision (also a
> pre-existing issue but this time in mm/page_alloc.c):
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/DJOTMGFAPDBF.261U5OD4NPU74@linux.dev/
I think we can fix that in a follow-up patch. Tag it with Fixes: and stable
and see what happens. We shouldn't have to rearrange everything for small
fixes first just if it's just about !SMP.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 8:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-03 12:31 [PATCH v5 00/18] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 01/18] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_TRYLOCK -> ALLOC_NOLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 13:59 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 02/18] mm/page_alloc: some renames to clarify alloc_flags scopes Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:01 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 03/18] mm: name some args in a function declaration Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:02 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 04/18] mm: Split out internal page_alloc.h Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:07 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 05/18] mm/page_alloc: unify __alloc_frozen_pages[_nolock]_noprof() Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:42 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 06/18] mm/page_alloc: relax GFP WARN in nolock allocs Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-03 14:44 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 07/18] mm: move some stuff to mm/page_alloc.h Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:46 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 08/18] perf/x86/intel: Use higher-level allocator API Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:49 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 09/18] KVM: VMX: " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:49 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 10/18] x86/virt: " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 14:50 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 11/18] sgi-xp: " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-03 14:51 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 12/18] net/funeth: Switch to " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-03 14:52 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 13/18] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node() Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-03 14:57 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 14/18] mm: Move __alloc_pages() to mm/page_alloc.h Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 15:05 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 15/18] mm: replace __GFP_NO_CODETAG with ALLOC_NO_CODETAG Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 16/18] mm: remove the __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT flag Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 17/18] mm/page_alloc: drop alloc_flags arg from alloc_flags_cma() Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 15:10 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:31 ` [PATCH v5 18/18] mm: factor out can_spin_trylock() Brendan Jackman
2026-07-03 12:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-03 15:12 ` Zi Yan
2026-07-03 12:47 ` [PATCH v5 00/18] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-05 7:30 ` Andrew Morton
2026-07-10 8:36 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-10 8:51 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
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