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authorJoonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>2020-08-06 23:26:04 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-07 11:33:29 -0700
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mm/page_alloc: fix memalloc_nocma_{save/restore} APIs
Currently, memalloc_nocma_{save/restore} API that prevents CMA area in page allocation is implemented by using current_gfp_context(). However, there are two problems of this implementation. First, this doesn't work for allocation fastpath. In the fastpath, original gfp_mask is used since current_gfp_context() is introduced in order to control reclaim and it is on slowpath. So, CMA area can be allocated through the allocation fastpath even if memalloc_nocma_{save/restore} APIs are used. Currently, there is just one user for these APIs and it has a fallback method to prevent actual problem. Second, clearing __GFP_MOVABLE in current_gfp_context() has a side effect to exclude the memory on the ZONE_MOVABLE for allocation target. To fix these problems, this patch changes the implementation to exclude CMA area in page allocation. Main point of this change is using the alloc_flags. alloc_flags is mainly used to control allocation so it fits for excluding CMA area in allocation. Fixes: d7fefcc8de91 (mm/cma: add PF flag to force non cma alloc) Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1595468942-29687-1-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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