Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v2 1/3] mm/contig_alloc: support __GFP_COMP
From: Yu Liao
Date: Thu Aug 22 2024 - 04:21:59 EST
On 2024/8/14 11:54, Yu Zhao wrote:
> Support __GFP_COMP in alloc_contig_range(). When the flag is set, upon
> success the function returns a large folio prepared by
> prep_new_page(), rather than a range of order-0 pages prepared by
> split_free_pages() (which is renamed from split_map_pages()).
>
> alloc_contig_range() can be used to allocate folios larger than
> MAX_PAGE_ORDER, e.g., gigantic hugeTLB folios. So on the free path,
> free_one_page() needs to handle that by split_large_buddy().
>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/gfp.h | 23 +++++++++
> mm/compaction.c | 41 ++--------------
> mm/page_alloc.c | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 3 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index f53f76e0b17e..59266df56aeb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -446,4 +446,27 @@ extern struct page *alloc_contig_pages_noprof(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp_
> #endif
> void free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CONTIG_ALLOC
> +static inline struct folio *folio_alloc_gigantic_noprof(int order, gfp_t gfp,
> + int nid, nodemask_t *node)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> +
> + if (WARN_ON(!order || !(gfp | __GFP_COMP)))
It doesn't seem right, it should be !(gfp & __GFP_COMP).
Best Regards,
Yu