[PATCH v2 2/2] mm/page_alloc: refactor build_node_zonelist() out of build_zonelists()

From: Gregory Price

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 23:05:18 EST


Extract per-node fallback-list construction into build_node_zonelist().
Build each selected node directly into the destination zonelist so no
intermediate node_order array or node count is needed. Print the fallback
order as each node is added.

This lets us build new zonelists from candidate nodemasks instead of just
the default N_MEMORY node state list.

No functional change: build_zonelists() builds and prints the same FALLBACK
list over N_MEMORY with node_load updates as before.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 7efce139d562..d1888d5630e0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5857,31 +5857,6 @@ int find_next_best_node_in(int node, nodemask_t *used_node_mask,
}


-/*
- * Build zonelists ordered by node and zones within node.
- * This results in maximum locality--normal zone overflows into local
- * DMA zone, if any--but risks exhausting DMA zone.
- */
-static void build_zonelists_in_node_order(pg_data_t *pgdat, int *node_order,
- unsigned nr_nodes)
-{
- struct zoneref *zonerefs;
- int i;
-
- zonerefs = pgdat->node_zonelists[ZONELIST_FALLBACK]._zonerefs;
-
- for (i = 0; i < nr_nodes; i++) {
- int nr_zones;
-
- pg_data_t *node = NODE_DATA(node_order[i]);
-
- nr_zones = build_zonerefs_node(node, zonerefs);
- zonerefs += nr_zones;
- }
- zonerefs->zone = NULL;
- zonerefs->zone_idx = 0;
-}
-
/*
* Build __GFP_THISNODE zonelists
*/
@@ -5897,20 +5872,24 @@ static void build_thisnode_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
zonerefs->zone_idx = 0;
}

-static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+/*
+ * Build one zonelist ordered by node and zones within node. This results in
+ * maximum locality--normal zone overflows into local DMA zone, if any--but
+ * risks exhausting DMA zone.
+ */
+static void build_node_zonelist(pg_data_t *pgdat, const nodemask_t *candidates,
+ int zlidx)
{
- static int node_order[MAX_NUMNODES];
- int node, nr_nodes = 0;
+ struct zoneref *zonerefs = pgdat->node_zonelists[zlidx]._zonerefs;
nodemask_t used_mask = NODE_MASK_NONE;
- int local_node, prev_node;
+ int local_node = pgdat->node_id;
+ int prev_node = local_node;
+ int node;

- /* NUMA-aware ordering of nodes */
- local_node = pgdat->node_id;
- prev_node = local_node;
+ pr_info("Fallback order for Node %d: ", local_node);

- memset(node_order, 0, sizeof(node_order));
while ((node = find_next_best_node_in(local_node, &used_mask,
- &node_states[N_MEMORY])) >= 0) {
+ candidates)) >= 0) {
/*
* We don't want to pressure a particular node.
* So adding penalty to the first node in same
@@ -5920,18 +5899,22 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
node_distance(local_node, prev_node))
node_load[node] += 1;

- node_order[nr_nodes++] = node;
+ zonerefs += build_zonerefs_node(NODE_DATA(node), zonerefs);
+ pr_cont("%d ", node);
prev_node = node;
}

- build_zonelists_in_node_order(pgdat, node_order, nr_nodes);
- build_thisnode_zonelists(pgdat);
- pr_info("Fallback order for Node %d: ", local_node);
- for (node = 0; node < nr_nodes; node++)
- pr_cont("%d ", node_order[node]);
+ zonerefs->zone = NULL;
+ zonerefs->zone_idx = 0;
pr_cont("\n");
}

+static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ build_node_zonelist(pgdat, &node_states[N_MEMORY], ZONELIST_FALLBACK);
+ build_thisnode_zonelists(pgdat);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
/*
* Return node id of node used for "local" allocations.
--
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