Re: [PATCH] mm/shmem: remove unnecessary restrain unmask of swap gfp flags

[Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 2/11/26 10:33 PM, Kairui Song wrote:
> From: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
> 
> The comment makes it look like copy-paste leftovers from
> shmem_replace_folio. The first try of the swap doesn't always have a
> limited zone.
> 
> So don't drop the restraint, which should make the GFP more accurate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
> ---

Agree. Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>

>   mm/shmem.c | 8 +-------
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index eaaeca8f6c39..4f34dfa95a50 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -2043,14 +2043,8 @@ static struct folio *shmem_swap_alloc_folio(struct inode *inode,
>   	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
>   	struct folio *new, *swapcache;
>   	int nr_pages = 1 << order;
> -	gfp_t alloc_gfp;
> +	gfp_t alloc_gfp = gfp;
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * We have arrived here because our zones are constrained, so don't
> -	 * limit chance of success with further cpuset and node constraints.
> -	 */
> -	gfp &= ~GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK;
> -	alloc_gfp = gfp;
>   	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
>   		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(order))
>   			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> 
> ---
> base-commit: ad92386d5debbde551129dc85f0118f5a521388c
> change-id: 20260211-shmem-swap-gfp-c68b9d73a90f
> 
> Best regards,