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From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
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	 rppt@kernel.org, Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com>,
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	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
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	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	 David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
	 Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 15/19] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_NON_BLOCK back to _HARDER
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:34:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260225-page_alloc-unmapped-v1-15-e8808a03cd66@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225-page_alloc-unmapped-v1-0-e8808a03cd66@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 cac292dcd394f..5be53d25c89b7 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1372,9 +1372,10 @@ 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.
@@ -1391,7 +1392,7 @@ 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 14098474afd07..42b807faca5fe 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3392,7 +3392,7 @@ 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) {
@@ -3755,7 +3755,7 @@ 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;
 		}
 
@@ -4640,7 +4640,7 @@ 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));
@@ -4651,7 +4651,7 @@ 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;

-- 
2.51.2



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-25 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-25 16:34 [PATCH RFC 00/19] mm: Add __GFP_UNMAPPED Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 01/19] x86/mm: split out preallocate_sub_pgd() Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 02/19] x86/mm: Generalize LDT remap into "mm-local region" Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 03/19] x86/tlb: Expose some flush function declarations to modules Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 04/19] x86/mm: introduce the mermap Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 05/19] mm: KUnit tests for " Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 06/19] mm: introduce for_each_free_list() Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 07/19] mm/page_alloc: don't overload migratetype in find_suitable_fallback() Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 08/19] mm: introduce freetype_t Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 09/19] mm: move migratetype definitions to freetype.h Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 10/19] mm: add definitions for allocating unmapped pages Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 11/19] mm: rejig pageblock mask definitions Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 12/19] mm: encode freetype flags in pageblock flags Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 13/19] mm/page_alloc: remove ifdefs from pindex helpers Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 14/19] mm/page_alloc: separate pcplists by freetype flags Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 16/19] mm/page_alloc: introduce ALLOC_NOBLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 17/19] mm/page_alloc: implement __GFP_UNMAPPED allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 18/19] mm/page_alloc: implement __GFP_UNMAPPED|__GFP_ZERO allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 19/19] mm: Minimal KUnit tests for some new page_alloc logic Brendan Jackman

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