+ memcg-page_alloc-skip-bulk-allocator-for-__gfp_account.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: memcg: page_alloc: skip bulk allocator for __GFP_ACCOUNT
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     memcg-page_alloc-skip-bulk-allocator-for-__gfp_account.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/memcg-page_alloc-skip-bulk-allocator-for-__gfp_account.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/memcg-page_alloc-skip-bulk-allocator-for-__gfp_account.patch

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From: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: memcg: page_alloc: skip bulk allocator for __GFP_ACCOUNT

commit 5c1f4e690eec ("mm/vmalloc: switch to bulk allocator in
__vmalloc_area_node()") switched to bulk page allocator for order 0
allocation backing vmalloc.  However bulk page allocator does not support
__GFP_ACCOUNT allocations and there are several users of
kvmalloc(__GFP_ACCOUNT).

For now make __GFP_ACCOUNT allocations bypass bulk page allocator.  In
future if there is workload that can be significantly improved with the
bulk page allocator with __GFP_ACCCOUNT support, we can revisit the
decision.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211014151607.2171970-1-shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 5c1f4e690eec ("mm/vmalloc: switch to bulk allocator in __vmalloc_area_node()")
Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/page_alloc.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~memcg-page_alloc-skip-bulk-allocator-for-__gfp_account
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5223,6 +5223,10 @@ unsigned long __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp_t g
 	if (unlikely(page_array && nr_pages - nr_populated == 0))
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Bulk allocator does not support memcg accounting. */
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && (gfp & __GFP_ACCOUNT))
+		goto failed;
+
 	/* Use the single page allocator for one page. */
 	if (nr_pages - nr_populated == 1)
 		goto failed;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx are

memcg-flush-stats-only-if-updated.patch
memcg-unify-memcg-stat-flushing.patch
memcg-page_alloc-skip-bulk-allocator-for-__gfp_account.patch




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