Re: [PATCH 5/9] revert "mm/z3fold.c: allow __GFP_HIGHMEM in z3fold_alloc"

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On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 8:41 AM Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Revert commit f1549cb5ab2b ("mm/z3fold.c: allow __GFP_HIGHMEM in
> z3fold_alloc").
>
> z3fold can't support GFP_HIGHMEM page now. page_address is used
> directly at all places. Moreover, z3fold_header is on per cpu
> unbuddied list which could be access anytime. So we should rid
> the support of GFP_HIGHMEM allocation for z3fold.

Could you please clarify how kmem_cache is affected here?

Thanks,
Vitaly

> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/z3fold.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/z3fold.c b/mm/z3fold.c
> index b3b4e65c107f..5f5d5f1556be 100644
> --- a/mm/z3fold.c
> +++ b/mm/z3fold.c
> @@ -212,10 +212,8 @@ static int size_to_chunks(size_t size)
>  static inline struct z3fold_buddy_slots *alloc_slots(struct z3fold_pool *pool,
>                                                         gfp_t gfp)
>  {
> -       struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots;
> -
> -       slots = kmem_cache_zalloc(pool->c_handle,
> -                                (gfp & ~(__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_MOVABLE)));
> +       struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots = kmem_cache_zalloc(pool->c_handle,
> +                                                            gfp);
>
>         if (slots) {
>                 /* It will be freed separately in free_handle(). */
> @@ -1075,7 +1073,7 @@ static int z3fold_alloc(struct z3fold_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
>         enum buddy bud;
>         bool can_sleep = gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp);
>
> -       if (!size)
> +       if (!size || (gfp & __GFP_HIGHMEM))
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
>         if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
> --
> 2.23.0
>




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