From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
To: jackmanb@google.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 15/21] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_NON_BLOCK back to _HARDER
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:59:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250924-b4-asi-page-alloc-v1-15-2d861768041f@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250924-b4-asi-page-alloc-v1-0-2d861768041f@google.com>
Commit 1ebbb21811b7 ("mm/page_alloc: explicitly define how __GFP_HIGH
non-blocking allocations accesses reserves") renamed ALLOC_HARDER to
ALLOC_NON_BLOCK because the former is "a vague description".
However, vagueness is accurate here, this is a vague flag. It is not set
for __GFP_NOMEMALLOC. It doesn't really mean "allocate without blocking"
but rather "allow dipping into atomic reserves, _because_ of the need
not to block".
A later commit will need an alloc flag that really means "don't block
here", so go back to the flag's old name and update the commentary
to try and give it a slightly clearer meaning.
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
---
mm/internal.h | 9 +++++----
mm/page_alloc.c | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 6006cfb2b9c7e771a0c647c471901dc7fcdad242..513aba6c00bed813c9e38464aec5a15e65edaa58 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1297,9 +1297,10 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
#define ALLOC_OOM ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS
#endif
-#define ALLOC_NON_BLOCK 0x10 /* Caller cannot block. Allow access
- * to 25% of the min watermark or
- * 62.5% if __GFP_HIGH is set.
+#define ALLOC_HARDER 0x10 /* Because the caller cannot block,
+ * allow access * to 25% of the min
+ * watermark or 62.5% if __GFP_HIGH is
+ * set.
*/
#define ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE 0x20 /* __GFP_HIGH set. Allow access to 50%
* of the min watermark.
@@ -1316,7 +1317,7 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
#define ALLOC_KSWAPD 0x800 /* allow waking of kswapd, __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM set */
/* Flags that allow allocations below the min watermark. */
-#define ALLOC_RESERVES (ALLOC_NON_BLOCK|ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE|ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC|ALLOC_OOM)
+#define ALLOC_RESERVES (ALLOC_HARDER|ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE|ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC|ALLOC_OOM)
enum ttu_flags;
struct tlbflush_unmap_batch;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0b205aefd27e188c492c32754db08a4488317bd8..cd47cfaae820ce696d2e6e0c47436e00d3feef60 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3295,7 +3295,7 @@ struct page *rmqueue_buddy(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *zone,
* reserves as failing now is worse than failing a
* high-order atomic allocation in the future.
*/
- if (!page && (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_OOM|ALLOC_NON_BLOCK)))
+ if (!page && (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_OOM|ALLOC_HARDER)))
page = __rmqueue_smallest(zone, order, ft_high);
if (!page) {
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order, unsigned long mark,
* or (GFP_KERNEL & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) do not get
* access to the min reserve.
*/
- if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NON_BLOCK)
+ if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER)
min -= min / 4;
}
@@ -4546,7 +4546,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
* The caller may dip into page reserves a bit more if the caller
* cannot run direct reclaim, or if the caller has realtime scheduling
* policy or is asking for __GFP_HIGH memory. GFP_ATOMIC requests will
- * set both ALLOC_NON_BLOCK and ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE(__GFP_HIGH).
+ * set both ALLOC_HARDER and ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE(__GFP_HIGH).
*/
alloc_flags |= (__force int)
(gfp_mask & (__GFP_HIGH | __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM));
@@ -4557,7 +4557,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
* if it can't schedule.
*/
if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)) {
- alloc_flags |= ALLOC_NON_BLOCK;
+ alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
if (order > 0 && (alloc_flags & ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE))
alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC;
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-24 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-24 14:59 [PATCH 00/21] mm: ASI direct map management Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 01/21] x86/mm/asi: Add CONFIG_MITIGATION_ADDRESS_SPACE_ISOLATION Brendan Jackman
2025-10-24 22:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-24 23:32 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-25 9:57 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 02/21] x86/mm/asi: add X86_FEATURE_ASI and asi= Brendan Jackman
2025-10-25 10:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-26 22:24 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-11-10 11:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-10 12:15 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 03/21] x86/mm: factor out phys_pgd_init() Brendan Jackman
2025-09-27 19:29 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-01 12:26 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-25 11:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-26 22:29 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-11-10 11:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-10 12:36 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 04/21] x86/mm/asi: set up asi_nonsensitive_pgd Brendan Jackman
2025-10-01 20:28 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 14:05 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-02 16:14 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 17:19 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-11-12 19:39 ` Dave Hansen
2025-11-11 14:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-11 17:53 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 05/21] x86/mm/pat: mirror direct map changes to ASI Brendan Jackman
2025-09-25 13:36 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-01 20:50 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 14:31 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-02 16:40 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 17:08 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 06/21] mm/page_alloc: add __GFP_SENSITIVE and always set it Brendan Jackman
2025-10-01 21:18 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 14:34 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 07/21] mm: introduce for_each_free_list() Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 08/21] mm: rejig pageblock mask definitions Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 09/21] mm/page_alloc: Invert is_check_pages_enabled() check Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 10/21] mm/page_alloc: remove ifdefs from pindex helpers Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 11/21] mm: introduce freetype_t Brendan Jackman
2025-09-25 13:15 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-01 21:20 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 14:39 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 12/21] mm/asi: encode sensitivity in freetypes and pageblocks Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 13/21] mm/page_alloc_test: unit test pindex helpers Brendan Jackman
2025-09-25 13:36 ` kernel test robot
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 14/21] x86/mm/pat: introduce cpa_fault option Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 16/21] mm/page_alloc: introduce ALLOC_NOBLOCK Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 17/21] mm/slub: defer application of gfp_allowed_mask Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 18/21] mm/asi: support changing pageblock sensitivity Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 19/21] mm/asi: bad_page() when ASI mappings are wrong Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 20/21] x86/mm/asi: don't use global pages when ASI enabled Brendan Jackman
2025-09-24 14:59 ` [PATCH 21/21] mm: asi_test: smoke test for [non]sensitive page allocs Brendan Jackman
2025-09-25 17:51 ` [PATCH 00/21] mm: ASI direct map management Brendan Jackman
2025-09-30 19:51 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2025-10-01 7:12 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-01 19:54 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-01 20:22 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-10-01 20:30 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 11:05 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-01 20:59 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 7:34 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-02 11:23 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-02 17:01 ` Dave Hansen
2025-10-02 19:19 ` Brendan Jackman
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