From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
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Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/13] mm/page_alloc: relax GFP WARN in nolock allocs
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:01:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-4-31f31367d420@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622-alloc-trylock-v2-0-31f31367d420@google.com>
This WARN forbids setting other flags than __GFP_ACCOUNT but we
unconditionally set the ones in gfp_nolock so they are certainly fine
for the caller to set.
There are other GFP flags that are almost certainly fine to set here;
Willy noted GFP_HIGHMEM, GFP_DMA, GFP_MOVABLE and GFP_HARDWALL. But,
nolock allocation is rather special, so be conservative to try and
ensure we have a chance to think carefully before nontrivial new
usecases arise.
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/ajS96fWbG4dzP3u3@casper.infradead.org/
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e31babe2181a1..074e007bf1bc3 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5337,7 +5337,8 @@ struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order,
return NULL;
if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NOLOCK) {
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp & ~__GFP_ACCOUNT);
+ /* Certain other flags could be supported later if needed. */
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp & ~(__GFP_ACCOUNT | gfp_nolock));
if (!alloc_trylock_allowed())
return NULL;
gfp |= gfp_nolock;
--
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 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
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 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node() Brendan Jackman
2026-06-22 10:17 ` 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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