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author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2023-01-13 12:12:17 +0100 |
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committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-02-03 07:33:13 +0100 |
commit | 2973d8229b78d3f148e0c45916a1e8b237dc6167 (patch) | |
tree | a791740a86d240df1cebf02f915e5aede7065ea4 /lib | |
parent | mm/page_alloc: explicitly define how __GFP_HIGH non-blocking allocations acce... (diff) | |
download | linux-2973d8229b78d3f148e0c45916a1e8b237dc6167.tar.xz linux-2973d8229b78d3f148e0c45916a1e8b237dc6167.zip |
mm: discard __GFP_ATOMIC
__GFP_ATOMIC serves little purpose. Its main effect is to set
ALLOC_HARDER which adds a few little boosts to increase the chance of an
allocation succeeding, one of which is to lower the water-mark at which it
will succeed.
It is *always* paired with __GFP_HIGH which sets ALLOC_HIGH which also
adjusts this watermark. It is probable that other users of __GFP_HIGH
should benefit from the other little bonuses that __GFP_ATOMIC gets.
__GFP_ATOMIC also gives a warning if used with __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM.
There is little point to this. We already get a might_sleep() warning if
__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is set.
__GFP_ATOMIC allows the "watermark_boost" to be side-stepped. It is
probable that testing ALLOC_HARDER is a better fit here.
__GFP_ATOMIC is used by tegra-smmu.c to check if the allocation might
sleep. This should test __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM instead.
This patch:
- removes __GFP_ATOMIC
- allows __GFP_HIGH allocations to ignore watermark boosting as well
as GFP_ATOMIC requests.
- makes other adjustments as suggested by the above.
The net result is not change to GFP_ATOMIC allocations. Other
allocations that use __GFP_HIGH will benefit from a few different extra
privileges. This affects:
xen, dm, md, ntfs3
the vermillion frame buffer
hibernation
ksm
swap
all of which likely produce more benefit than cost if these selected
allocation are more likely to succeed quickly.
[mgorman: Minor adjustments to rework on top of a series]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163712397076.13692.4727608274002939094@noble.neil.brown.name
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230113111217.14134-7-mgorman@techsingularity.net
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/test_printf.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/test_printf.c b/lib/test_printf.c index d34dc636b81c..46b4e6c414a3 100644 --- a/lib/test_printf.c +++ b/lib/test_printf.c @@ -674,17 +674,17 @@ flags(void) gfp = GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_DMA; test("GFP_ATOMIC|GFP_DMA", "%pGg", &gfp); - gfp = __GFP_ATOMIC; - test("__GFP_ATOMIC", "%pGg", &gfp); + gfp = __GFP_HIGH; + test("__GFP_HIGH", "%pGg", &gfp); /* Any flags not translated by the table should remain numeric */ gfp = ~__GFP_BITS_MASK; snprintf(cmp_buffer, BUF_SIZE, "%#lx", (unsigned long) gfp); test(cmp_buffer, "%pGg", &gfp); - snprintf(cmp_buffer, BUF_SIZE, "__GFP_ATOMIC|%#lx", + snprintf(cmp_buffer, BUF_SIZE, "__GFP_HIGH|%#lx", (unsigned long) gfp); - gfp |= __GFP_ATOMIC; + gfp |= __GFP_HIGH; test(cmp_buffer, "%pGg", &gfp); kfree(cmp_buffer); |