The quilt patch titled Subject: mm: add comments for allocation helpers explaining why they are macros has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: add comments for allocation helpers explaining why they are macros Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 10:42:25 -0700 A number of allocation helper functions were converted into macros to account them at the call sites. Add a comment for each converted allocation helper explaining why it has to be a macro and why we typecast the return value wherever required. The patch also moves acpi_os_acquire_object() closer to other allocation helpers to group them together under the same comment. The patch has no functional changes. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240703174225.3891393-1-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 2c321f3f70bc ("mm: change inlined allocation helpers to account at the call site") Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/iostat.h | 4 ++++ include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h | 9 ++++++--- include/linux/bpf.h | 4 ++++ include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h | 4 ++++ include/linux/hid_bpf.h | 5 +++++ include/linux/jbd2.h | 10 ++++++++++ include/linux/skbuff.h | 8 ++++++++ include/linux/skmsg.h | 5 +++++ 8 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/nfs/iostat.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/fs/nfs/iostat.h @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ static inline void nfs_add_stats(const s nfs_add_server_stats(NFS_SERVER(inode), stat, addend); } +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). + */ #define nfs_alloc_iostats() alloc_percpu(struct nfs_iostats) static inline void nfs_free_iostats(struct nfs_iostats __percpu *stats) --- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ acpi_status acpi_os_terminate(void); * Interrupts are off during resume, just like they are for boot. * However, boot has (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) * to quiet __might_sleep() in kmalloc() and resume does not. + * + * These specialized allocators have to be macros for their allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have separate alloc_tag). */ #define acpi_os_allocate(_size) \ kmalloc(_size, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL) @@ -53,14 +56,14 @@ acpi_status acpi_os_terminate(void); #define acpi_os_allocate_zeroed(_size) \ kzalloc(_size, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL) +#define acpi_os_acquire_object(_cache) \ + kmem_cache_zalloc(_cache, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL) + static inline void acpi_os_free(void *memory) { kfree(memory); } -#define acpi_os_acquire_object(_cache) \ - kmem_cache_zalloc(_cache, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL) - static inline acpi_thread_id acpi_os_get_thread_id(void) { return (acpi_thread_id) (unsigned long)current; --- a/include/linux/bpf.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/linux/bpf.h @@ -2261,6 +2261,10 @@ void *bpf_map_kvcalloc(struct bpf_map *m void __percpu *bpf_map_alloc_percpu(const struct bpf_map *map, size_t size, size_t align, gfp_t flags); #else +/* + * These specialized allocators have to be macros for their allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have separate alloc_tag). + */ #define bpf_map_kmalloc_node(_map, _size, _flags, _node) \ kmalloc_node(_size, _flags, _node) #define bpf_map_kzalloc(_map, _size, _flags) \ --- a/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ dma_fence_chain_contained(struct dma_fen * dma_fence_chain_alloc * * Returns a new struct dma_fence_chain object or NULL on failure. + * + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is + * intentional to enforce typesafety. */ #define dma_fence_chain_alloc() \ ((struct dma_fence_chain *)kmalloc(sizeof(struct dma_fence_chain), GFP_KERNEL)) --- a/include/linux/hid_bpf.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/linux/hid_bpf.h @@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ static inline int hid_bpf_connect_device static inline void hid_bpf_disconnect_device(struct hid_device *hdev) {} static inline void hid_bpf_destroy_device(struct hid_device *hid) {} static inline void hid_bpf_device_init(struct hid_device *hid) {} +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is + * intentional to enforce typesafety. + */ #define call_hid_bpf_rdesc_fixup(_hdev, _rdesc, _size) \ ((u8 *)kmemdup(_rdesc, *(_size), GFP_KERNEL)) --- a/include/linux/jbd2.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/linux/jbd2.h @@ -1588,6 +1588,11 @@ void jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(struc */ extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_handle_cache; +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is + * intentional to enforce typesafety. + */ #define jbd2_alloc_handle(_gfp_flags) \ ((handle_t *)kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_handle_cache, _gfp_flags)) @@ -1602,6 +1607,11 @@ static inline void jbd2_free_handle(hand */ extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_inode_cache; +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is + * intentional to enforce typesafety. + */ #define jbd2_alloc_inode(_gfp_flags) \ ((struct jbd2_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_inode_cache, _gfp_flags)) --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -3400,6 +3400,10 @@ static inline struct page *__dev_alloc_p } #define __dev_alloc_pages(...) alloc_hooks(__dev_alloc_pages_noprof(__VA_ARGS__)) +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). + */ #define dev_alloc_pages(_order) __dev_alloc_pages(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN, _order) /** @@ -3416,6 +3420,10 @@ static inline struct page *__dev_alloc_p } #define __dev_alloc_page(...) alloc_hooks(__dev_alloc_page_noprof(__VA_ARGS__)) +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). + */ #define dev_alloc_page() dev_alloc_pages(0) /** --- a/include/linux/skmsg.h~mm-add-comments-for-allocation-helpers-explaining-why-they-are-macros +++ a/include/linux/skmsg.h @@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ void sk_psock_stop_verdict(struct sock * int sk_psock_msg_verdict(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_msg *msg); +/* + * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be + * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is + * intentional to enforce typesafety. + */ #define sk_psock_init_link() \ ((struct sk_psock_link *)kzalloc(sizeof(struct sk_psock_link), \ GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN)) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@xxxxxxxxxx are alloc_tag-export-memory-allocation-profiling-symbols-used-by-modules.patch