The patch titled Subject: mm/page_alloc: add __alloc_frozen_pages() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-page_alloc-add-__alloc_frozen_pages.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-add-__alloc_frozen_pages.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: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page_alloc: add __alloc_frozen_pages() Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:01:45 +0000 Defer the initialisation of the page refcount to the new __alloc_pages() wrapper and turn the old __alloc_pages() into __alloc_frozen_pages(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241125210149.2976098-14-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/internal.h | 4 ++++ mm/page_alloc.c | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/mm/internal.h~mm-page_alloc-add-__alloc_frozen_pages +++ a/mm/internal.h @@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ extern bool free_pages_prepare(struct pa extern int user_min_free_kbytes; +struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(gfp_t, unsigned int order, int nid, + nodemask_t *); +#define __alloc_frozen_pages(...) \ + alloc_hooks(__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(__VA_ARGS__)) void free_frozen_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order); void free_unref_folios(struct folio_batch *fbatch); --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-add-__alloc_frozen_pages +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -4711,8 +4711,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_pages_bulk_nopro /* * This is the 'heart' of the zoned buddy allocator. */ -struct page *__alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, - int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask) +struct page *__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, + int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask) { struct page *page; unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW; @@ -4768,14 +4768,24 @@ out: free_frozen_pages(page, order); page = NULL; } - if (page) - set_page_refcounted(page); trace_mm_page_alloc(page, order, alloc_gfp, ac.migratetype); kmsan_alloc_page(page, order, alloc_gfp); return page; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof); + +struct page *__alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, + int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask) +{ + struct page *page; + + page = __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof(gfp, order, preferred_nid, nodemask); + if (page) + set_page_refcounted(page); + return page; +} EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_pages_noprof); struct folio *__folio_alloc_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int preferred_nid, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-cache-page_zone-result-in-free_unref_page.patch mm-make-alloc_pages_mpol-static.patch mm-page_alloc-export-free_frozen_pages-instead-of-free_unref_page.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-post_alloc_hook.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-prep_new_page.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-get_page_from_freelist.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_cpuset_fallback.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_may_oom.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_direct_compact.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_direct_reclaim.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_slowpath.patch mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-end-of-__alloc_pages.patch mm-page_alloc-add-__alloc_frozen_pages.patch mm-mempolicy-add-alloc_frozen_pages.patch slab-allocate-frozen-pages.patch