Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] mm/vmalloc: respect passed gfp_mask when do preloading

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 16-10-19 11:54:37, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> alloc_vmap_area() is given a gfp_mask for the page allocator.
> Let's respect that mask and consider it even in the case when
> doing regular CPU preloading, i.e. where a context can sleep.

This is explaining what but it doesn't say why. I would go with
"
Allocation functions should comply with the given gfp_mask as much as
possible. The preallocation code in alloc_vmap_area doesn't follow that
pattern and it is using a hardcoded GFP_KERNEL. Although this doesn't
really make much difference because vmalloc is not GFP_NOWAIT compliant
in general (e.g. page table allocations are GFP_KERNEL) there is no
reason to spread that bad habit and it is good to fix the antipattern.
"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index b7b443bfdd92..593bf554518d 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -1064,9 +1064,9 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
>  		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
>  
>  	might_sleep();
> +	gfp_mask = gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK;
>  
> -	va = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep,
> -			gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK, node);
> +	va = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep, gfp_mask, node);
>  	if (unlikely(!va))
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
> @@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
>  	 * Only scan the relevant parts containing pointers to other objects
>  	 * to avoid false negatives.
>  	 */
> -	kmemleak_scan_area(&va->rb_node, SIZE_MAX, gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
> +	kmemleak_scan_area(&va->rb_node, SIZE_MAX, gfp_mask);
>  
>  retry:
>  	/*
> @@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
>  		 * Just proceed as it is. If needed "overflow" path
>  		 * will refill the cache we allocate from.
>  		 */
> -		pva = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL, node);
> +		pva = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep, gfp_mask, node);
>  
>  	spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs