Re: [PATCH v5 13/18] mm: Remove __alloc_pages_node()

[Zi Yan]

On Fri Jul 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM EDT, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> There were only a few users, which have been removed. The only advantage
> of this API over alloc_pages_node() is avoiding a single conditional
> branch. The disadvantages are:
>
> 1. More API surface, more sources of confusion, more maintenance.
>
> 2. Worse impact of CPU hotplug bugs: most users of __alloc_pages_node()
>    were using the result of cpu_to_node(); if the CPU gets hotplugged
>    out this will return NUMA_NO_NODE. If one of these paths fails to
>    protect against a concurrent hotplug then page_alloc.c will use
>    NUMA_NO_NODE as an index into NODE_DATA() and cause some horrible
>    memory corruption or other. With alloc_pages_node(), the code might
>    just work fine.
>
> Ulterior motive: this frees up the __* variants of the allocator APIs to
> serve specifically for use as mm-internal API.
>
> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/gfp.h | 20 ++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index 01d6d2591f49e..3bf55a5f9143e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -256,21 +256,6 @@ static inline void warn_if_node_offline(int this_node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  	dump_stack();
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. The node must be valid and
> - * online. For more general interface, see alloc_pages_node().
> - */
> -static inline struct page *
> -__alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
> -{
> -	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
> -	warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
> -
> -	return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
> -}
> -
> -#define  __alloc_pages_node(...)		alloc_hooks(__alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
> -
>  static inline
>  struct folio *__folio_alloc_node_noprof(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order, int nid)
>  {
> @@ -293,7 +278,10 @@ static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node_noprof(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  	if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>  		nid = numa_mem_id();
>  
> -	return __alloc_pages_node_noprof(nid, gfp_mask, order);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);

Could this become a VM_WARN_ON?

Anyway,
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>

> +	warn_if_node_offline(nid, gfp_mask);
> +
> +	return __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp_mask, order, nid, NULL);
>  }
>  
>  #define  alloc_pages_node(...)			alloc_hooks(alloc_pages_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))




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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi