[PATCH] mm: constify oom_control, scan_control, and alloc_context nodemask

From: Gregory Price

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 20:30:08 EST


The nodemasks in these structures may come from a variety of sources,
including tasks and cpusets - and should never be modified by any code
when being passed around inside another context.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/cpuset.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/mm.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/mmzone.h | 6 +++---
include/linux/oom.h | 2 +-
include/linux/swap.h | 2 +-
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 2 +-
mm/internal.h | 2 +-
mm/mmzone.c | 5 +++--
mm/page_alloc.c | 6 +++---
mm/show_mem.c | 9 ++++++---
mm/vmscan.c | 6 +++---
11 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index 65d76a38974b..a80d38e752d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ extern bool cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *p);
extern nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *p);
#define cpuset_current_mems_allowed (current->mems_allowed)
void cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed(void);
-int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(nodemask_t *nodemask);
+int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(const nodemask_t *nodemask);

extern bool cpuset_current_node_allowed(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask);

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static inline nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *p)
#define cpuset_current_mems_allowed (node_states[N_MEMORY])
static inline void cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed(void) {}

-static inline int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(nodemask_t *nodemask)
+static inline int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(const nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
return 1;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 485df9c2dbdd..2101e5205fc0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4042,7 +4042,7 @@ extern int __meminit early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn);
extern void mem_init(void);
extern void __init mmap_init(void);

-extern void __show_mem(unsigned int flags, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx);
+extern void __show_mem(unsigned int flags, const nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx);
static inline void show_mem(void)
{
__show_mem(0, NULL, MAX_NR_ZONES - 1);
@@ -4052,7 +4052,7 @@ extern void si_meminfo(struct sysinfo * val);
extern void si_meminfo_node(struct sysinfo *val, int nid);

extern __printf(3, 4)
-void warn_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, const char *fmt, ...);
+void warn_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, const nodemask_t *nodemask, const char *fmt, ...);

extern void setup_per_cpu_pageset(void);

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ca2712187147..919be0d9b4fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ static inline int zonelist_node_idx(const struct zoneref *zoneref)

struct zoneref *__next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
enum zone_type highest_zoneidx,
- nodemask_t *nodes);
+ const nodemask_t *nodes);

/**
* next_zones_zonelist - Returns the next zone at or below highest_zoneidx within the allowed nodemask using a cursor within a zonelist as a starting point
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ struct zoneref *__next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
*/
static __always_inline struct zoneref *next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
enum zone_type highest_zoneidx,
- nodemask_t *nodes)
+ const nodemask_t *nodes)
{
if (likely(!nodes && zonelist_zone_idx(z) <= highest_zoneidx))
return z;
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ static __always_inline struct zoneref *next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
*/
static inline struct zoneref *first_zones_zonelist(struct zonelist *zonelist,
enum zone_type highest_zoneidx,
- nodemask_t *nodes)
+ const nodemask_t *nodes)
{
return next_zones_zonelist(zonelist->_zonerefs,
highest_zoneidx, nodes);
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index 7b02bc1d0a7e..00da05d227e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct oom_control {
struct zonelist *zonelist;

/* Used to determine mempolicy */
- nodemask_t *nodemask;
+ const nodemask_t *nodemask;

/* Memory cgroup in which oom is invoked, or NULL for global oom */
struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 8f0f68e245ba..bf76356d94fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ extern void swap_setup(void);
/* linux/mm/vmscan.c */
extern unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone);
extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
- gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask);
+ gfp_t gfp_mask, const nodemask_t *mask);
unsigned long lruvec_lru_size(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru, int zone_idx);

#define MEMCG_RECLAIM_MAY_SWAP (1 << 1)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 5c33ab20cc20..536ce591c7ba 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -4153,7 +4153,7 @@ nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk)
*
* Are any of the nodes in the nodemask allowed in current->mems_allowed?
*/
-int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(nodemask_t *nodemask)
+int cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(const nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
return nodes_intersects(*nodemask, current->mems_allowed);
}
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 181e79f1d6a2..a2ef9512b5bc 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ void page_alloc_sysctl_init(void);
*/
struct alloc_context {
struct zonelist *zonelist;
- nodemask_t *nodemask;
+ const nodemask_t *nodemask;
struct zoneref *preferred_zoneref;
int migratetype;

diff --git a/mm/mmzone.c b/mm/mmzone.c
index 0c8f181d9d50..59dc3f2076a6 100644
--- a/mm/mmzone.c
+++ b/mm/mmzone.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ struct zone *next_zone(struct zone *zone)
return zone;
}

-static inline int zref_in_nodemask(struct zoneref *zref, nodemask_t *nodes)
+static inline int zref_in_nodemask(struct zoneref *zref,
+ const nodemask_t *nodes)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
return node_isset(zonelist_node_idx(zref), *nodes);
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ static inline int zref_in_nodemask(struct zoneref *zref, nodemask_t *nodes)
/* Returns the next zone at or below highest_zoneidx in a zonelist */
struct zoneref *__next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
enum zone_type highest_zoneidx,
- nodemask_t *nodes)
+ const nodemask_t *nodes)
{
/*
* Find the next suitable zone to use for the allocation.
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 81a9d4d1e6c0..586524bbde9c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3979,7 +3979,7 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,
return NULL;
}

-static void warn_alloc_show_mem(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
+static void warn_alloc_show_mem(gfp_t gfp_mask, const nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
unsigned int filter = SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES;

@@ -3999,7 +3999,7 @@ static void warn_alloc_show_mem(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
mem_cgroup_show_protected_memory(NULL);
}

-void warn_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, const char *fmt, ...)
+void warn_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, const nodemask_t *nodemask, const char *fmt, ...)
{
struct va_format vaf;
va_list args;
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@ check_retry_cpuset(int cpuset_mems_cookie, struct alloc_context *ac)
return false;
}

-static void check_alloc_stall_warn(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask,
+static void check_alloc_stall_warn(gfp_t gfp_mask, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
unsigned int order, unsigned long alloc_start_time)
{
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(alloc_stall_lock);
diff --git a/mm/show_mem.c b/mm/show_mem.c
index 43aca5a2ac99..1b721a8ade67 100644
--- a/mm/show_mem.c
+++ b/mm/show_mem.c
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ void si_meminfo_node(struct sysinfo *val, int nid)
* Determine whether the node should be displayed or not, depending on whether
* SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES was passed to show_free_areas().
*/
-static bool show_mem_node_skip(unsigned int flags, int nid, nodemask_t *nodemask)
+static bool show_mem_node_skip(unsigned int flags, int nid,
+ const nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
if (!(flags & SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES))
return false;
@@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ static bool node_has_managed_zones(pg_data_t *pgdat, int max_zone_idx)
* SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES: suppress nodes that are not allowed by current's
* cpuset.
*/
-static void show_free_areas(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx)
+static void show_free_areas(unsigned int filter, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
+ int max_zone_idx)
{
unsigned long free_pcp = 0;
int cpu, nid;
@@ -402,7 +404,8 @@ static void show_free_areas(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_z
show_swap_cache_info();
}

-void __show_mem(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx)
+void __show_mem(unsigned int filter, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
+ int max_zone_idx)
{
unsigned long total = 0, reserved = 0, highmem = 0;
struct zone *zone;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e8a90911bf88..47d3f3361fb9 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct scan_control {
* Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
* are scanned.
*/
- nodemask_t *nodemask;
+ const nodemask_t *nodemask;

/*
* The memory cgroup that hit its limit and as a result is the
@@ -6599,7 +6599,7 @@ static bool allow_direct_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat)
* happens, the page allocator should not consider triggering the OOM killer.
*/
static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
- nodemask_t *nodemask)
+ const nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
@@ -6679,7 +6679,7 @@ static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
}

unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
- gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
+ gfp_t gfp_mask, const nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
struct scan_control sc = {
--
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