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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>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	 David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
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	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	 Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	 rppt@kernel.org, Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	 Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
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	patrick.roy@linux.dev,  "Itazuri, Takahiro" <itazur@amazon.co.uk>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	 David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>,
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	Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@google.com>,
	 Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 19/26] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_NON_BLOCK back to _HARDER
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:22:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260726-page_alloc-unmapped-v3-19-6f5729aa9832@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260726-page_alloc-unmapped-v3-0-6f5729aa9832@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/page_alloc.c | 8 ++++----
 mm/page_alloc.h | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 30ba61c20209c..fb522a09f2e60 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@ 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) {
@@ -3811,7 +3811,7 @@ 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;
 		}
 
@@ -4733,7 +4733,7 @@ alloc_flags_nonblocking(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)
 		return 0;
 
-	alloc_flags |= ALLOC_NON_BLOCK;
+	alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
 
 	if (order > 0 && (gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGH))
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HIGHATOMIC;
@@ -4750,7 +4750,7 @@ alloc_flags_slowpath(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).
 	 */
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGH)
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_MIN_RESERVE;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.h b/mm/page_alloc.h
index fac8e5304bb03..2307b173a459f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.h
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.h
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
 #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.
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* 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)
 
 /*
  * Structure for holding the mostly immutable allocation parameters passed

-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-26 22:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-26 22:22 [PATCH v3 00/26] mm: Add ALLOC_UNMAPPED and AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 01/26] set_memory: add folio_{zap,restore}_direct_map helpers Brendan Jackman
2026-07-27 10:33   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-29 11:42     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-30 20:34   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-31  5:21     ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-31 11:57       ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 02/26] mm/secretmem: make use of folio_{zap,restore}_direct_map Brendan Jackman
2026-07-27 10:40   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 03/26] mm: introduce AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP Brendan Jackman
2026-07-30 21:06   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-31 12:15     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-31 19:28       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07  0:02         ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-07  0:13           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07  0:19             ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-07  0:29               ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07 14:26                 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-07 18:12                   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07 18:49                     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-07 19:39                       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07 22:44                         ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-07 22:48                           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-09-03  7:26                             ` Takahiro Itazuri
2026-09-03 14:06                               ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-09-03 14:25                                 ` Takahiro Itazuri
2026-09-15 16:01                                 ` Gregory Price
2026-08-08 13:56         ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-10 21:39           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-10 21:46             ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-13 15:32         ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-13 17:25           ` Ackerley Tng
2026-08-18  0:32           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-18 10:41             ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-02 16:10   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-08  0:19   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 04/26] x86/mm: split out preallocate_sub_pgd() Brendan Jackman
2026-07-31 22:10   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-13 15:42     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18  0:30       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-02 16:13   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-13 15:46     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 05/26] x86: move PAE PMD preallocation defines to header Brendan Jackman
2026-07-31 23:59   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-13 15:49     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 06/26] x86/tlb: Expose some flush function declarations to modules Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 07/26] x86/mm: introduce mm-local region Brendan Jackman
2026-08-02 16:27   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-13 16:10     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03 22:29   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-13 16:23     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 08/26] x86/mm: move LDT remap into " Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03 22:33   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 09/26] mm: Create flags arg for __apply_to_page_range() Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 10/26] mm: Add more flags " Brendan Jackman
2026-08-04  0:08   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-13 16:40     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 11/26] x86/mm: introduce the mermap Brendan Jackman
2026-08-02 16:40   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-13 16:44     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-04 18:38   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 12/26] mm: KUnit tests for " Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 13/26] mm: introduce freetype_t Brendan Jackman
2026-08-04 22:23   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-14 10:37     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18  0:35       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-09-03  8:00         ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-03 13:30           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-04 23:02   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-14 10:48     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 14/26] mm: move migratetype definitions to freetype.h Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 15/26] mm/page_alloc: add support for freetypes with no freelist Brendan Jackman
2026-07-31 14:13   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 16/26] mm: add definitions for allocating unmapped pages Brendan Jackman
2026-08-04 19:53   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-14 11:22     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 17/26] mm: encode freetype flags in pageblock flags Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 18/26] mm/page_alloc: separate pcplists by freetype flags Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` Brendan Jackman [this message]
2026-07-31 14:52   ` [PATCH v3 19/26] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_NON_BLOCK back to _HARDER Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-03  9:20     ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-04 21:50     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-14 12:09       ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18  0:45         ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-18 10:58           ` Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 20/26] mm/page_alloc: introduce ALLOC_NOBLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 21/26] mm/page_alloc: implement FREETYPE_UNMAPPED allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03  9:18   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-15 14:12     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-04 23:41   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07  0:05     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-14 12:31     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-04 23:53   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-05 16:13     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-15 14:28     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18  0:55       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-18 11:03         ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18 17:51           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-25 20:01             ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-07  0:16   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-15 14:30     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18  0:50       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-12 21:26   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-15 14:43     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-18  0:49       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-08-18  1:01   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 22/26] mm: Minimal KUnit tests for some new page_alloc logic Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03  9:30   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 23/26] mm: Split out NR_FREE_PAGES_BLOCKS_[UN]MAPPED Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03  9:32   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 24/26] mm/page_alloc: always direct compact for unmapped allocs Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03  9:44   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-15 14:44     ` Brendan Jackman
2026-08-06 23:29   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 25/26] mm: plumb alloc flags into some alloc funcs Brendan Jackman
2026-08-03  9:52   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-26 22:22 ` [PATCH v3 26/26] mm: add fast path for AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP Brendan Jackman
2026-08-08  0:06   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-29 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 00/26] mm: Add ALLOC_UNMAPPED and AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP Brendan Jackman

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