The quilt patch titled Subject: mm: alloc_pages_bulk_noprof: drop page_list argument has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-alloc_pages_bulk_noprof-drop-page_list-argument.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: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: alloc_pages_bulk_noprof: drop page_list argument Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:37 -0500 Patch series "mm: alloc_pages_bulk: small API refactor", v2. Today, alloc_pages_bulk_noprof() supports two arguments to return allocated pages: a linked list and an array. There are also higher level APIs for both. However, the linked list API has apparently never been used. So, this series removes it along with the list API and also refactors the remaining API naming for consistency. This patch (of 2): commit 387ba26fb1cb ("mm/page_alloc: add a bulk page allocator") added __alloc_pages_bulk() along with the page_list argument. The next commit 0f87d9d30f21 ("mm/page_alloc: add an array-based interface to the bulk page allocator") added the array-based argument. As it turns out, the page_list argument has no users in the current tree (if it ever had any). Dropping it allows for a slight simplification and eliminates some unnecessary checks, now that page_array is required. Also, note that the removal of the page_list argument was proposed before in the thread below, where Matthew Wilcox mentions that: """ Iterating a linked list is _expensive_. It is about 10x quicker to iterate an array than a linked list. """ (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231025093254.xvomlctwhcuerzky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1734991165.git.luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/f1c75db91d08cafd211eca6a3b199b629d4ffe16.1734991165.git.luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/gfp.h | 8 ++------ mm/mempolicy.c | 14 +++++++------- mm/page_alloc.c | 39 ++++++++++++--------------------------- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/gfp.h~mm-alloc_pages_bulk_noprof-drop-page_list-argument +++ a/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ struct folio *__folio_alloc_noprof(gfp_t unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask, int nr_pages, - struct list_head *page_list, struct page **page_array); #define __alloc_pages_bulk(...) alloc_hooks(alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(__VA_ARGS__)) @@ -223,11 +222,8 @@ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_array_mem alloc_hooks(alloc_pages_bulk_array_mempolicy_noprof(__VA_ARGS__)) /* Bulk allocate order-0 pages */ -#define alloc_pages_bulk_list(_gfp, _nr_pages, _list) \ - __alloc_pages_bulk(_gfp, numa_mem_id(), NULL, _nr_pages, _list, NULL) - #define alloc_pages_bulk_array(_gfp, _nr_pages, _page_array) \ - __alloc_pages_bulk(_gfp, numa_mem_id(), NULL, _nr_pages, NULL, _page_array) + __alloc_pages_bulk(_gfp, numa_mem_id(), NULL, _nr_pages, _page_array) static inline unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_array_node_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int nid, unsigned long nr_pages, @@ -236,7 +232,7 @@ alloc_pages_bulk_array_node_noprof(gfp_t if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE) nid = numa_mem_id(); - return alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp, nid, NULL, nr_pages, NULL, page_array); + return alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp, nid, NULL, nr_pages, page_array); } #define alloc_pages_bulk_array_node(...) \ --- a/mm/mempolicy.c~mm-alloc_pages_bulk_noprof-drop-page_list-argument +++ a/mm/mempolicy.c @@ -2391,13 +2391,13 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_ar if (delta) { nr_allocated = alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp, interleave_nodes(pol), NULL, - nr_pages_per_node + 1, NULL, + nr_pages_per_node + 1, page_array); delta--; } else { nr_allocated = alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp, interleave_nodes(pol), NULL, - nr_pages_per_node, NULL, page_array); + nr_pages_per_node, page_array); } page_array += nr_allocated; @@ -2446,7 +2446,7 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_ar if (weight && node_isset(node, nodes)) { node_pages = min(rem_pages, weight); nr_allocated = __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp, node, NULL, node_pages, - NULL, page_array); + page_array); page_array += nr_allocated; total_allocated += nr_allocated; /* if that's all the pages, no need to interleave */ @@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_ar if (!node_pages) break; nr_allocated = __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp, node, NULL, node_pages, - NULL, page_array); + page_array); page_array += nr_allocated; total_allocated += nr_allocated; if (total_allocated == nr_pages) @@ -2533,11 +2533,11 @@ static unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_ar preferred_gfp &= ~(__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | __GFP_NOFAIL); nr_allocated = alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(preferred_gfp, nid, &pol->nodes, - nr_pages, NULL, page_array); + nr_pages, page_array); if (nr_allocated < nr_pages) nr_allocated += alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp, numa_node_id(), NULL, - nr_pages - nr_allocated, NULL, + nr_pages - nr_allocated, page_array + nr_allocated); return nr_allocated; } @@ -2573,7 +2573,7 @@ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_array_mem nid = numa_node_id(); nodemask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol, NO_INTERLEAVE_INDEX, &nid); return alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp, nid, nodemask, - nr_pages, NULL, page_array); + nr_pages, page_array); } int vma_dup_policy(struct vm_area_struct *src, struct vm_area_struct *dst) --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-alloc_pages_bulk_noprof-drop-page_list-argument +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -4531,28 +4531,23 @@ static inline bool prepare_alloc_pages(g } /* - * __alloc_pages_bulk - Allocate a number of order-0 pages to a list or array + * __alloc_pages_bulk - Allocate a number of order-0 pages to an array * @gfp: GFP flags for the allocation * @preferred_nid: The preferred NUMA node ID to allocate from * @nodemask: Set of nodes to allocate from, may be NULL - * @nr_pages: The number of pages desired on the list or array - * @page_list: Optional list to store the allocated pages - * @page_array: Optional array to store the pages + * @nr_pages: The number of pages desired in the array + * @page_array: Array to store the pages * * This is a batched version of the page allocator that attempts to - * allocate nr_pages quickly. Pages are added to page_list if page_list - * is not NULL, otherwise it is assumed that the page_array is valid. + * allocate nr_pages quickly. Pages are added to the page_array. * - * For lists, nr_pages is the number of pages that should be allocated. - * - * For arrays, only NULL elements are populated with pages and nr_pages + * Note that only NULL elements are populated with pages and nr_pages * is the maximum number of pages that will be stored in the array. * - * Returns the number of pages on the list or array. + * Returns the number of pages in the array. */ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask, int nr_pages, - struct list_head *page_list, struct page **page_array) { struct page *page; @@ -4570,7 +4565,7 @@ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gf * Skip populated array elements to determine if any pages need * to be allocated before disabling IRQs. */ - while (page_array && nr_populated < nr_pages && page_array[nr_populated]) + while (nr_populated < nr_pages && page_array[nr_populated]) nr_populated++; /* No pages requested? */ @@ -4578,7 +4573,7 @@ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gf goto out; /* Already populated array? */ - if (unlikely(page_array && nr_pages - nr_populated == 0)) + if (unlikely(nr_pages - nr_populated == 0)) goto out; /* Bulk allocator does not support memcg accounting. */ @@ -4660,7 +4655,7 @@ retry_this_zone: while (nr_populated < nr_pages) { /* Skip existing pages */ - if (page_array && page_array[nr_populated]) { + if (page_array[nr_populated]) { nr_populated++; continue; } @@ -4679,11 +4674,7 @@ retry_this_zone: prep_new_page(page, 0, gfp, 0); set_page_refcounted(page); - if (page_list) - list_add(&page->lru, page_list); - else - page_array[nr_populated] = page; - nr_populated++; + page_array[nr_populated++] = page; } pcp_spin_unlock(pcp); @@ -4700,14 +4691,8 @@ failed_irq: failed: page = __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp, 0, preferred_nid, nodemask); - if (page) { - if (page_list) - list_add(&page->lru, page_list); - else - page_array[nr_populated] = page; - nr_populated++; - } - + if (page) + page_array[nr_populated++] = page; goto out; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_pages_bulk_noprof); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx are