From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
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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
next prev 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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