The patch titled Subject: mm/page_alloc: use deferred_pages_enabled() wherever applicable has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-page_alloc-repalce-with-deferred_pages_enabled-wherever-applicable.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-page_alloc-repalce-with-deferred_pages_enabled-wherever-applicable.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page_alloc: use deferred_pages_enabled() wherever applicable Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 13:55:06 +0530 Instead of directly accessing static deferred_pages, replace such instances with the helper deferred_pages_enabled(). No functional change is intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230105082506.241529-1-anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-repalce-with-deferred_pages_enabled-wherever-applicable +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -4288,7 +4288,7 @@ retry: * Watermark failed for this zone, but see if we can * grow this zone if it contains deferred pages. */ - if (static_branch_unlikely(&deferred_pages)) { + if (deferred_pages_enabled()) { if (_deferred_grow_zone(zone, order)) goto try_this_zone; } @@ -4337,7 +4337,7 @@ try_this_zone: } else { #ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT /* Try again if zone has deferred pages */ - if (static_branch_unlikely(&deferred_pages)) { + if (deferred_pages_enabled()) { if (_deferred_grow_zone(zone, order)) goto try_this_zone; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-repalce-with-deferred_pages_enabled-wherever-applicable.patch