Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] extend vmalloc support for constrained allocations

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 11/25/21 10:30, Michal Hocko wrote:
> [Cc Sebastian and Vlastimil]
> 
> On Thu 25-11-21 09:58:31, Michal Hocko wrote:
>> On Thu 25-11-21 09:55:26, Dave Chinner wrote:
>> [...]
>> > Correct __GFP_NOLOCKDEP support is also needed. See:
>> > 
>> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20211119225435.GZ449541@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>> 
>> I will have a closer look. This will require changes on both vmalloc and
>> sl?b sides.
> 
> This should hopefully make the trick
> --- 
> From 0082d29c771d831e5d1b9bb4c0a61d39bac017f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:20:16 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] mm: make slab and vmalloc allocators __GFP_NOLOCKDEP aware
> 
> sl?b and vmalloc allocators reduce the given gfp mask for their internal
> needs. For that they use GFP_RECLAIM_MASK to preserve the reclaim
> behavior and constrains.
> 
> __GFP_NOLOCKDEP is not a part of that mask because it doesn't really
> control the reclaim behavior strictly speaking. On the other hand
> it tells the underlying page allocator to disable reclaim recursion
> detection so arguably it should be part of the mask.
> 
> Having __GFP_NOLOCKDEP in the mask will not alter the behavior in any
> form so this change is safe pretty much by definition. It also adds
> a support for this flag to SL?B and vmalloc allocators which will in
> turn allow its use to kvmalloc as well. A lack of the support has been
> noticed recently in http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211119225435.GZ449541@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/internal.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
> index 3b79a5c9427a..2ceea20b5b2a 100644
> --- a/mm/internal.h
> +++ b/mm/internal.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>  #define GFP_RECLAIM_MASK (__GFP_RECLAIM|__GFP_HIGH|__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|\
>  			__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL|__GFP_NOFAIL|\
>  			__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_MEMALLOC|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|\
> -			__GFP_ATOMIC)
> +			__GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOLOCKDEP)
>  
>  /* The GFP flags allowed during early boot */
>  #define GFP_BOOT_MASK (__GFP_BITS_MASK & ~(__GFP_RECLAIM|__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS))
>