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Message-ID: <20150820140320.GC4632@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:03:20 +0200
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
cbe-oss-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Cliff Whickman <cpw@....com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
Robin Holt <robinmholt@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: rename alloc_pages_exact_node to
__alloc_pages_node
On Thu 20-08-15 13:43:20, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> The function alloc_pages_exact_node() was introduced in 6484eb3e2a81 ("page
> allocator: do not check NUMA node ID when the caller knows the node is valid")
> as an optimized variant of alloc_pages_node(), that doesn't fallback to current
> node for nid == NUMA_NO_NODE. Unfortunately the name of the function can easily
> suggest that the allocation is restricted to the given node and fails
> otherwise. In truth, the node is only preferred, unless __GFP_THISNODE is
> passed among the gfp flags.
>
> The misleading name has lead to mistakes in the past, see 5265047ac301 ("mm,
> thp: really limit transparent hugepage allocation to local node") and
> b360edb43f8e ("mm, mempolicy: migrate_to_node should only migrate to node").
>
> Another issue with the name is that there's a family of alloc_pages_exact*()
> functions where 'exact' means exact size (instead of page order), which leads
> to more confusion.
>
> To prevent further mistakes, this patch effectively renames
> alloc_pages_exact_node() to __alloc_pages_node() to better convey that it's
> an optimized variant of alloc_pages_node() not intended for general usage.
> Both functions get described in comments.
>
> It has been also considered to really provide a convenience function for
> allocations restricted to a node, but the major opinion seems to be that
> __GFP_THISNODE already provides that functionality and we shouldn't duplicate
> the API needlessly. The number of users would be small anyway.
>
> Existing callers of alloc_pages_exact_node() are simply converted to call
> __alloc_pages_node(), with the exception of sba_alloc_coherent() which
> open-codes the check for NUMA_NO_NODE, so it is converted to use
> alloc_pages_node() instead. This means it no longer performs some VM_BUG_ON
> checks, and since the current check for nid in alloc_pages_node() uses a 'nid <
> 0' comparison (which includes NUMA_NO_NODE), it may hide wrong values which
> would be previously exposed. Both differences will be rectified by the next
> patch.
>
> To sum up, this patch makes no functional changes, except temporarily hiding
> potentially buggy callers. Restricting the checks in alloc_pages_node() is
> left for the next patch which can in turn expose more existing buggy callers.
Nice cleanup!
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Cliff Whickman <cpw@....com>
> Acked-by: Robin Holt <robinmholt@...il.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> ---
> v3: fixed the slob part (Christoph Lameter), removed forgotten hunk from
> huge_memory.c (DavidR)
>
> arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c | 6 +-----
> arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c | 2 +-
> arch/ia64/sn/pci/pci_dma.c | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +-
> drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/gfp.h | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
> kernel/profile.c | 8 ++++----
> mm/filemap.c | 2 +-
> mm/huge_memory.c | 2 +-
> mm/hugetlb.c | 4 ++--
> mm/memory-failure.c | 2 +-
> mm/mempolicy.c | 4 ++--
> mm/migrate.c | 4 ++--
> mm/page_alloc.c | 2 --
> mm/slab.c | 2 +-
> mm/slob.c | 4 ++--
> mm/slub.c | 2 +-
> 18 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
> index 344387a..a6d6190 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
> @@ -1140,13 +1140,9 @@ sba_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> {
> - int node = ioc->node;
> struct page *page;
>
> - if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> - node = numa_node_id();
> -
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, flags, get_order(size));
> + page = alloc_pages_node(ioc->node, flags, get_order(size));
> if (unlikely(!page))
> return NULL;
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
> index 20e8a9b..f3976da 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int uncached_add_chunk(struct uncached_pool *uc_pool, int nid)
>
> /* attempt to allocate a granule's worth of cached memory pages */
>
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(nid,
> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
> IA64_GRANULE_SHIFT-PAGE_SHIFT);
> if (!page) {
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/pci/pci_dma.c b/arch/ia64/sn/pci/pci_dma.c
> index d0853e8..8f59907 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/sn/pci/pci_dma.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/pci/pci_dma.c
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void *sn_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> */
> node = pcibus_to_node(pdev->bus);
> if (likely(node >=0)) {
> - struct page *p = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
> + struct page *p = __alloc_pages_node(node,
> flags, get_order(size));
>
> if (likely(p))
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c
> index e865d74..2d4f60c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/ras.c
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int __init cbe_ptcal_enable_on_node(int nid, int order)
>
> area->nid = nid;
> area->order = order;
> - area->pages = alloc_pages_exact_node(area->nid,
> + area->pages = __alloc_pages_node(area->nid,
> GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_THISNODE,
> area->order);
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 5477ab8..d019868 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -3150,7 +3150,7 @@ static struct vmcs *alloc_vmcs_cpu(int cpu)
> struct page *pages;
> struct vmcs *vmcs;
>
> - pages = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, GFP_KERNEL, vmcs_config.order);
> + pages = __alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_KERNEL, vmcs_config.order);
> if (!pages)
> return NULL;
> vmcs = page_address(pages);
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
> index 95c8944..340b44d 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
> @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ xpc_create_gru_mq_uv(unsigned int mq_size, int cpu, char *irq_name,
> mq->mmr_blade = uv_cpu_to_blade_id(cpu);
>
> nid = cpu_to_node(cpu);
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(nid,
> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
> pg_order);
> if (page == NULL) {
> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index 3bd64b1..d2c142b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -303,20 +303,28 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
> return __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_mask, order, zonelist, NULL);
> }
>
> -static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> - unsigned int order)
> +/*
> + * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. The node must be valid and
> + * online. For more general interface, see alloc_pages_node().
> + */
> +static inline struct page *
> +__alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
> {
> - /* Unknown node is current node */
> - if (nid < 0)
> - nid = numa_node_id();
> + VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(nid));
>
> return __alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order, node_zonelist(nid, gfp_mask));
> }
>
> -static inline struct page *alloc_pages_exact_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> +/*
> + * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. When nid == NUMA_NO_NODE,
> + * prefer the current CPU's node.
> + */
> +static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> unsigned int order)
> {
> - VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(nid));
> + /* Unknown node is current node */
> + if (nid < 0)
> + nid = numa_node_id();
>
> return __alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order, node_zonelist(nid, gfp_mask));
> }
> @@ -357,7 +365,6 @@ extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);
>
> void *alloc_pages_exact(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask);
> void free_pages_exact(void *virt, size_t size);
> -/* This is different from alloc_pages_exact_node !!! */
> void * __meminit alloc_pages_exact_nid(int nid, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask);
>
> #define __get_free_page(gfp_mask) \
> diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
> index a7bcd28..99513e1 100644
> --- a/kernel/profile.c
> +++ b/kernel/profile.c
> @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static int profile_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *info,
> node = cpu_to_mem(cpu);
> per_cpu(cpu_profile_flip, cpu) = 0;
> if (!per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[1]) {
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(node,
> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
> 0);
> if (!page)
> @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int profile_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *info,
> per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[1] = page_address(page);
> }
> if (!per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[0]) {
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(node,
> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
> 0);
> if (!page)
> @@ -543,14 +543,14 @@ static int create_hash_tables(void)
> int node = cpu_to_mem(cpu);
> struct page *page;
>
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(node,
> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
> 0);
> if (!page)
> goto out_cleanup;
> per_cpu(cpu_profile_hits, cpu)[1]
> = (struct profile_hit *)page_address(page);
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(node,
> GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_THISNODE,
> 0);
> if (!page)
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 204fd1c..b510a0d 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ struct page *__page_cache_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
> do {
> cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
> n = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(n, gfp, 0);
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(n, gfp, 0);
> } while (!page && read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie));
>
> return page;
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 7109330..15abd31 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ khugepaged_alloc_page(struct page **hpage, gfp_t gfp, struct mm_struct *mm,
> */
> up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>
> - *hpage = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, gfp, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
> + *hpage = __alloc_pages_node(node, gfp, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
> if (unlikely(!*hpage)) {
> count_vm_event(THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC_FAILED);
> *hpage = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 586aa69..b4c23bb 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_fresh_huge_page_node(struct hstate *h, int nid)
> {
> struct page *page;
>
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(nid,
> htlb_alloc_mask(h)|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_THISNODE|
> __GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOWARN,
> huge_page_order(h));
> @@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_buddy_huge_page(struct hstate *h, int nid)
> __GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOWARN,
> huge_page_order(h));
> else
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(nid,
> htlb_alloc_mask(h)|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_THISNODE|
> __GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOWARN, huge_page_order(h));
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index 613389e..023f92b 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static struct page *new_page(struct page *p, unsigned long private, int **x)
> return alloc_huge_page_node(page_hstate(compound_head(p)),
> nid);
> else
> - return alloc_pages_exact_node(nid, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, 0);
> + return __alloc_pages_node(nid, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, 0);
> }
>
> /*
> diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
> index d6f2cae..87a1779 100644
> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static struct page *new_node_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node, int **x
> return alloc_huge_page_node(page_hstate(compound_head(page)),
> node);
> else
> - return alloc_pages_exact_node(node, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE |
> + return __alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE |
> __GFP_THISNODE, 0);
> }
>
> @@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> nmask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol);
> if (!nmask || node_isset(hpage_node, *nmask)) {
> mpol_cond_put(pol);
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(hpage_node,
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(hpage_node,
> gfp | __GFP_THISNODE, order);
> goto out;
> }
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index fbf1798..b7da48f 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static struct page *new_page_node(struct page *p, unsigned long private,
> return alloc_huge_page_node(page_hstate(compound_head(p)),
> pm->node);
> else
> - return alloc_pages_exact_node(pm->node,
> + return __alloc_pages_node(pm->node,
> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | __GFP_THISNODE, 0);
> }
>
> @@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_misplaced_dst_page(struct page *page,
> int nid = (int) data;
> struct page *newpage;
>
> - newpage = alloc_pages_exact_node(nid,
> + newpage = __alloc_pages_node(nid,
> (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE |
> __GFP_THISNODE | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC |
> __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN) &
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index c1024db..35f1d20 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -3518,8 +3518,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_pages_exact);
> *
> * Like alloc_pages_exact(), but try to allocate on node nid first before falling
> * back.
> - * Note this is not alloc_pages_exact_node() which allocates on a specific node,
> - * but is not exact.
> */
> void * __meminit alloc_pages_exact_nid(int nid, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> {
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index bf7169c..d890750 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ static struct page *kmem_getpages(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags,
> if (memcg_charge_slab(cachep, flags, cachep->gfporder))
> return NULL;
>
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(nodeid, flags | __GFP_NOTRACK, cachep->gfporder);
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(nodeid, flags | __GFP_NOTRACK, cachep->gfporder);
> if (!page) {
> memcg_uncharge_slab(cachep, cachep->gfporder);
> slab_out_of_memory(cachep, flags, nodeid);
> diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
> index 165bbd3..0d7e5df 100644
> --- a/mm/slob.c
> +++ b/mm/slob.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
> * NUMA support in SLOB is fairly simplistic, pushing most of the real
> * logic down to the page allocator, and simply doing the node accounting
> * on the upper levels. In the event that a node id is explicitly
> - * provided, alloc_pages_exact_node() with the specified node id is used
> + * provided, __alloc_pages_node() with the specified node id is used
> * instead. The common case (or when the node id isn't explicitly provided)
> * will default to the current node, as per numa_node_id().
> *
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void *slob_new_pages(gfp_t gfp, int order, int node)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, gfp, order);
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(node, gfp, order);
> else
> #endif
> page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 8987bd5..e180f8d 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static inline struct page *alloc_slab_page(struct kmem_cache *s,
> if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> page = alloc_pages(flags, order);
> else
> - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, flags, order);
> + page = __alloc_pages_node(node, flags, order);
>
> if (!page)
> memcg_uncharge_slab(s, order);
> --
> 2.5.0
>
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