From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>,
Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC 2/7] mm/vmalloc: Support non-blocking GFP flags in alloc_vmap_area()
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 17:25:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250704152537.55724-3-urezki@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250704152537.55724-1-urezki@gmail.com>
alloc_vmap_area() currently assumes that sleeping is allowed during
allocation. This is not true for callers which pass non-blocking
GFP flags, such as GFP_ATOMIC or GFP_NOWAIT.
This patch adds logic to detect whether the given gfp_mask permits
blocking. It avoids invoking might_sleep() or falling back to reclaim
path if blocking is not allowed.
This makes alloc_vmap_area() safer for use in non-sleeping contexts,
where previously it could hit unexpected sleeps, trigger warnings.
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index ab986dd09b6a..8c375b8e269d 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2009,6 +2009,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
unsigned long freed;
unsigned long addr;
unsigned int vn_id;
+ bool allow_block;
int purged = 0;
int ret;
@@ -2018,7 +2019,9 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
if (unlikely(!vmap_initialized))
return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
- might_sleep();
+ allow_block = gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask);
+ if (allow_block)
+ might_sleep();
/*
* If a VA is obtained from a global heap(if it fails here)
@@ -2030,7 +2033,8 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
*/
va = node_alloc(size, align, vstart, vend, &addr, &vn_id);
if (!va) {
- gfp_mask = gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK;
+ if (allow_block)
+ gfp_mask = gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK;
va = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep, gfp_mask, node);
if (unlikely(!va))
@@ -2057,8 +2061,14 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
* If an allocation fails, the error value is
* returned. Therefore trigger the overflow path.
*/
- if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr))
+ if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) {
+ if (!allow_block) {
+ kmem_cache_free(vmap_area_cachep, va);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+
goto overflow;
+ }
va->va_start = addr;
va->va_end = addr + size;
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-04 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-04 15:25 [RFC 0/7] vmallloc and non-blocking GFPs Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
2025-07-04 15:25 ` [RFC 1/7] lib/test_vmalloc: Add non-block-alloc-test case Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
2025-07-08 5:59 ` [External] " Adrian Huang12
2025-07-08 8:29 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-04 15:25 ` Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) [this message]
2025-07-07 7:11 ` [RFC 2/7] mm/vmalloc: Support non-blocking GFP flags in alloc_vmap_area() Michal Hocko
2025-07-08 12:34 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-08 15:17 ` Michal Hocko
2025-07-08 16:45 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-04 15:25 ` [RFC 3/7] mm/vmalloc: Avoid cond_resched() when blocking is not permitted Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
2025-07-07 7:11 ` Michal Hocko
2025-07-08 12:29 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-04 15:25 ` [RFC 4/7] mm/kasan, mm/vmalloc: Respect GFP flags in kasan_populate_vmalloc() Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
2025-07-07 1:47 ` Baoquan He
2025-07-08 1:15 ` Baoquan He
2025-07-08 8:30 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-04 15:25 ` [RFC 5/7] mm/vmalloc: Defer freeing partly initialized vm_struct Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
2025-07-04 15:25 ` [RFC 6/7] mm/vmalloc: Support non-blocking GFP flags in __vmalloc_area_node() Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
2025-07-07 7:13 ` Michal Hocko
2025-07-08 12:27 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-08 15:22 ` Michal Hocko
2025-07-09 11:20 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-08 15:47 ` Michal Hocko
2025-07-09 13:45 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2025-07-04 15:25 ` [RFC 7/7] mm: Drop __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM flag if PF_MEMALLOC is set Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
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