[RFC 04/10] mm: vmalloc: support creating aligned vm areas

From: David Stevens

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 19:32:50 EST


Expose a get_vm_area_node() function that supports passing an alignment
when allocating a vm area.

Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/vmalloc.h | 2 ++
mm/vmalloc.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index d87dc7f77f4e..5ed9c5b25026 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ static inline size_t get_vm_area_size(const struct vm_struct *area)
extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags);
extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
unsigned long flags, const void *caller);
+extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
+ unsigned long flags, int node);
extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
unsigned long flags,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index d39897300f29..059cd0748514 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3280,7 +3280,7 @@ struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
* @flags: %VM_IOREMAP for I/O mappings or VM_ALLOC
*
* Search an area of @size in the kernel virtual mapping area,
- * and reserved it for out purposes. Returns the area descriptor
+ * and reserved it for our purposes. Returns the area descriptor
* on success or %NULL on failure.
*
* Return: the area descriptor on success or %NULL on failure.
@@ -3301,6 +3301,28 @@ struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
NUMA_NO_NODE, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
}

+/**
+ * get_vm_area_node - reserve a contiguous kernel virtual area
+ * @size: size of the area
+ * @align: alignment of the area
+ * @flags: %VM_IOREMAP for I/O mappings or VM_ALLOC
+ * @node: node from which to allocate data structures
+ *
+ * Search an area of @size in the kernel virtual mapping area,
+ * and reserve it for our purposes. Returns the area descriptor
+ * on success or %NULL on failure.
+ *
+ * Return: the area descriptor on success or %NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
+ unsigned long flags, int node)
+{
+ return __get_vm_area_node(size, align, PAGE_SHIFT, flags,
+ VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
+ node, GFP_KERNEL,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
+}
+
/**
* find_vm_area - find a continuous kernel virtual area
* @addr: base address
--
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