[PATCH 1/2] mm/vmalloc: Add large-order allocation helper

From: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 16:19:35 EST


Refactor vm_area_alloc_pages() by moving the high-order allocation
code into a separate function, vm_area_alloc_pages_large_order().

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index ecbac900c35f..d3a4725e15ca 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3624,18 +3624,20 @@ static inline gfp_t vmalloc_gfp_adjust(gfp_t flags, const bool large)
return flags;
}

-static inline unsigned int
-vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid,
- unsigned int order, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
+static unsigned int
+vm_area_alloc_pages_large_order(gfp_t gfp, int nid, unsigned int order,
+ unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
{
unsigned int nr_allocated = 0;
unsigned int nr_remaining = nr_pages;
unsigned int max_attempt_order = MAX_PAGE_ORDER;
struct page *page;
+ unsigned int large_order;
+ gfp_t large_gfp;
int i;
- unsigned int large_order = ilog2(nr_remaining);
- gfp_t large_gfp = vmalloc_gfp_adjust(gfp, large_order) & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;

+ large_order = ilog2(nr_remaining);
+ large_gfp = vmalloc_gfp_adjust(gfp, large_order) & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
large_order = min(max_attempt_order, large_order);

/*
@@ -3666,6 +3668,20 @@ vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid,
large_order = min(max_attempt_order, large_order);
}

+ return nr_allocated;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int
+vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid,
+ unsigned int order, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
+{
+ unsigned int nr_allocated = 0;
+ struct page *page;
+ int i;
+
+ nr_allocated = vm_area_alloc_pages_large_order(gfp, nid,
+ order, nr_pages, pages);
+
/*
* For order-0 pages we make use of bulk allocator, if
* the page array is partly or not at all populated due
--
2.47.3