Re: [PATCH 06/21] mm/page_alloc: add __GFP_SENSITIVE and always set it

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Wed Oct 01 2025 - 17:19:08 EST


On 9/24/25 07:59, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_ADDRESS_SPACE_ISOLATION
> +#define ___GFP_SENSITIVE BIT(___GFP_SENSITIVE_BIT)
> +#else
> +#define ___GFP_SENSITIVE 0
> +#endif

This is clearly one of the inflection points of the series.

To go any farther with this approach, I think it's critical to get a few
acks on this hunk specifically. Well, maybe not formal acked-by's, but
at least _clear_ agreement from at least one of:

MEMORY MANAGEMENT - PAGE ALLOCATOR
M: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
M: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

... or this approach is dead in the water.