[PATCH v3 13/15] mm/slab: introduce kmalloc_flags()
From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 08:04:42 EST
With alloc_flags usage in slab, we can replace __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT with an
alloc flag that prevents kmalloc recursion. For that we need a version
of kmalloc() that takes alloc_flags and use it in places that perform
these potentially recursive kmalloc allocations (of sheaves or obj_ext
arrays).
Add this function, named kmalloc_flags(). Right now it's only useful for
these nested allocations, so it doesn't need to optimize build-time
constant sizes like kmalloc() or kmalloc_buckets.
Since we need it to support both normal and non-spinning
kmalloc_nolock() context through the SLAB_ALLOC_NOLOCK flag, split out
most of the special _kmalloc_nolock_noprof() implementation to
__kmalloc_nolock_noprof() that takes a slab_alloc_context, and make
_kmalloc_nolock_noprof() a simple tail calling wrapper with the proper
context.
kmalloc_flags() can thus determine whether to call
__kmalloc_nolock_noprof() or __do_kmalloc_node(), based on the
given alloc_flags.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260610-slab_alloc_flags-v2-14-7190909db118@xxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Hao Li <hao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slab.h | 13 +++++++++++++
mm/slub.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index d86203131f58..482b8e0fe797 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/kfence.h>
#include <linux/kasan.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
/*
* Internal slab definitions
@@ -26,6 +27,18 @@ static inline bool alloc_flags_allow_spinning(const unsigned int alloc_flags)
return !(alloc_flags & SLAB_ALLOC_NOLOCK);
}
+void *__kmalloc_flags_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t flags,
+ unsigned int alloc_flags, int node)
+ __assume_kmalloc_alignment __alloc_size(1);
+
+static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *_kmalloc_flags_noprof(size_t size,
+ gfp_t flags, unsigned int alloc_flags, int node, kmalloc_token_t token)
+{
+ return __kmalloc_flags_noprof(PASS_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), flags, alloc_flags, node);
+}
+#define kmalloc_flags_noprof(...) _kmalloc_flags_noprof(__VA_ARGS__, __kmalloc_token(__VA_ARGS__))
+#define kmalloc_flags(...) alloc_hooks(kmalloc_flags_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
+
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
# ifdef system_has_cmpxchg128
# define system_has_freelist_aba() system_has_cmpxchg128()
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 8769083bec81..383d39a22561 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5385,19 +5385,14 @@ void *__kmalloc_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t flags)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_noprof);
-void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, int node)
+static void *__kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags,
+ int node, const struct slab_alloc_context *ac)
{
- size_t orig_size = size;
- unsigned int alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_NOLOCK;
struct kmem_cache *s;
bool can_retry = true;
void *ret;
- const struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
- .caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
- .orig_size = orig_size,
- .alloc_flags = alloc_flags,
- };
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(alloc_flags_allow_spinning(ac->alloc_flags));
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_flags & ~(__GFP_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO |
__GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC));
@@ -5434,7 +5429,7 @@ void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, in
*/
return NULL;
- ret = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfp_flags, alloc_flags, node);
+ ret = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfp_flags, ac->alloc_flags, node);
if (ret)
goto success;
@@ -5444,7 +5439,7 @@ void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, in
* kfence_alloc. Hence call __slab_alloc_node() (at most twice)
* and slab_post_alloc_hook() directly.
*/
- ret = __slab_alloc_node(s, gfp_flags, node, &ac);
+ ret = __slab_alloc_node(s, gfp_flags, node, ac);
/*
* It's possible we failed due to trylock as we preempted someone with
@@ -5467,11 +5462,23 @@ void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, in
success:
maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(s, ret);
- slab_post_alloc_hook(s, gfp_flags, 1, &ret, &ac);
+ slab_post_alloc_hook(s, gfp_flags, 1, &ret, ac);
- ret = kasan_kmalloc(s, ret, orig_size, gfp_flags);
+ ret = kasan_kmalloc(s, ret, ac->orig_size, gfp_flags);
return ret;
}
+
+void *_kmalloc_nolock_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t gfp_flags, int node)
+{
+ const struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+ .caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+ .orig_size = size,
+ .alloc_flags = SLAB_ALLOC_NOLOCK,
+ };
+
+ return __kmalloc_nolock_noprof(PASS_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token),
+ gfp_flags, node, &ac);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_kmalloc_nolock_noprof);
void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof(DECL_KMALLOC_PARAMS(size, b, token), gfp_t flags,
@@ -5525,6 +5532,30 @@ void *__kmalloc_cache_node_noprof(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_cache_node_noprof);
+/*
+ * The only version of kmalloc_node() that takes alloc_flags and thus can
+ * determine on its own whether to handle the allocation via kmalloc_nolock() or
+ * normally
+ */
+void *__kmalloc_flags_noprof(DECL_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token), gfp_t flags,
+ unsigned int alloc_flags, int node)
+{
+ const struct slab_alloc_context ac = {
+ .caller_addr = _RET_IP_,
+ .orig_size = size,
+ .alloc_flags = alloc_flags,
+ };
+
+ if (alloc_flags_allow_spinning(alloc_flags)) {
+ return __do_kmalloc_node(NULL, flags, node,
+ PASS_TOKEN_PARAM(token), &ac);
+ } else {
+ return __kmalloc_nolock_noprof(PASS_TOKEN_PARAMS(size, token),
+ flags, node, &ac);
+ }
+}
+
+
static noinline void free_to_partial_list(
struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab,
void *head, void *tail, int bulk_cnt,
--
2.54.0