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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2022-04-14 19:42:28 +0300 |
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committer | Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> | 2022-07-15 16:35:54 +0300 |
commit | cb5a065b4ea9c062a18143c8a14e831179687f54 (patch) | |
tree | 5dfbda2ac29697ba71a6da7f596f4aa7e3b9c0c5 /include/linux/gfp.h | |
parent | db96b0c5f9db22d908ab5f7cd75904adba4b28ca (diff) | |
download | linux-cb5a065b4ea9c062a18143c8a14e831179687f54.tar.xz |
headers/deps: mm: Split <linux/gfp_types.h> out of <linux/gfp.h>
This is a much smaller header.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gfp.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 345 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 343 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 52f2c873a7d4..f314be58fa77 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -2,354 +2,13 @@ #ifndef __LINUX_GFP_H #define __LINUX_GFP_H +#include <linux/gfp_types.h> + #include <linux/mmzone.h> #include <linux/topology.h> -/* The typedef is in types.h but we want the documentation here */ -#if 0 -/** - * typedef gfp_t - Memory allocation flags. - * - * GFP flags are commonly used throughout Linux to indicate how memory - * should be allocated. The GFP acronym stands for get_free_pages(), - * the underlying memory allocation function. Not every GFP flag is - * supported by every function which may allocate memory. Most users - * will want to use a plain ``GFP_KERNEL``. - */ -typedef unsigned int __bitwise gfp_t; -#endif - struct vm_area_struct; -/* - * In case of changes, please don't forget to update - * include/trace/events/mmflags.h and tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c - */ - -/* Plain integer GFP bitmasks. Do not use this directly. */ -#define ___GFP_DMA 0x01u -#define ___GFP_HIGHMEM 0x02u -#define ___GFP_DMA32 0x04u -#define ___GFP_MOVABLE 0x08u -#define ___GFP_RECLAIMABLE 0x10u -#define ___GFP_HIGH 0x20u -#define ___GFP_IO 0x40u -#define ___GFP_FS 0x80u -#define ___GFP_ZERO 0x100u -#define ___GFP_ATOMIC 0x200u -#define ___GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM 0x400u -#define ___GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM 0x800u -#define ___GFP_WRITE 0x1000u -#define ___GFP_NOWARN 0x2000u -#define ___GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL 0x4000u -#define ___GFP_NOFAIL 0x8000u -#define ___GFP_NORETRY 0x10000u -#define ___GFP_MEMALLOC 0x20000u -#define ___GFP_COMP 0x40000u -#define ___GFP_NOMEMALLOC 0x80000u -#define ___GFP_HARDWALL 0x100000u -#define ___GFP_THISNODE 0x200000u -#define ___GFP_ACCOUNT 0x400000u -#define ___GFP_ZEROTAGS 0x800000u -#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS -#define ___GFP_SKIP_ZERO 0x1000000u -#define ___GFP_SKIP_KASAN_UNPOISON 0x2000000u -#define ___GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON 0x4000000u -#else -#define ___GFP_SKIP_ZERO 0 -#define ___GFP_SKIP_KASAN_UNPOISON 0 -#define ___GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON 0 -#endif -#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP -#define ___GFP_NOLOCKDEP 0x8000000u -#else -#define ___GFP_NOLOCKDEP 0 -#endif -/* If the above are modified, __GFP_BITS_SHIFT may need updating */ - -/* - * Physical address zone modifiers (see linux/mmzone.h - low four bits) - * - * Do not put any conditional on these. If necessary modify the definitions - * without the underscores and use them consistently. The definitions here may - * be used in bit comparisons. - */ -#define __GFP_DMA ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_DMA) -#define __GFP_HIGHMEM ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_HIGHMEM) -#define __GFP_DMA32 ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_DMA32) -#define __GFP_MOVABLE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_MOVABLE) /* ZONE_MOVABLE allowed */ -#define GFP_ZONEMASK (__GFP_DMA|__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_DMA32|__GFP_MOVABLE) - -/** - * DOC: Page mobility and placement hints - * - * Page mobility and placement hints - * --------------------------------- - * - * These flags provide hints about how mobile the page is. Pages with similar - * mobility are placed within the same pageblocks to minimise problems due - * to external fragmentation. - * - * %__GFP_MOVABLE (also a zone modifier) indicates that the page can be - * moved by page migration during memory compaction or can be reclaimed. - * - * %__GFP_RECLAIMABLE is used for slab allocations that specify - * SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT and whose pages can be freed via shrinkers. - * - * %__GFP_WRITE indicates the caller intends to dirty the page. Where possible, - * these pages will be spread between local zones to avoid all the dirty - * pages being in one zone (fair zone allocation policy). - * - * %__GFP_HARDWALL enforces the cpuset memory allocation policy. - * - * %__GFP_THISNODE forces the allocation to be satisfied from the requested - * node with no fallbacks or placement policy enforcements. - * - * %__GFP_ACCOUNT causes the allocation to be accounted to kmemcg. - */ -#define __GFP_RECLAIMABLE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_RECLAIMABLE) -#define __GFP_WRITE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE) -#define __GFP_HARDWALL ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_HARDWALL) -#define __GFP_THISNODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_THISNODE) -#define __GFP_ACCOUNT ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ACCOUNT) - -/** - * DOC: Watermark modifiers - * - * Watermark modifiers -- controls access to emergency reserves - * ------------------------------------------------------------ - * - * %__GFP_HIGH indicates that the caller is high-priority and that granting - * the request is necessary before the system can make forward progress. - * For example, creating an IO context to clean pages. - * - * %__GFP_ATOMIC indicates that the caller cannot reclaim or sleep and is - * high priority. Users are typically interrupt handlers. This may be - * used in conjunction with %__GFP_HIGH - * - * %__GFP_MEMALLOC allows access to all memory. This should only be used when - * the caller guarantees the allocation will allow more memory to be freed - * very shortly e.g. process exiting or swapping. Users either should - * be the MM or co-ordinating closely with the VM (e.g. swap over NFS). - * Users of this flag have to be extremely careful to not deplete the reserve - * completely and implement a throttling mechanism which controls the - * consumption of the reserve based on the amount of freed memory. - * Usage of a pre-allocated pool (e.g. mempool) should be always considered - * before using this flag. - * - * %__GFP_NOMEMALLOC is used to explicitly forbid access to emergency reserves. - * This takes precedence over the %__GFP_MEMALLOC flag if both are set. - */ -#define __GFP_ATOMIC ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ATOMIC) -#define __GFP_HIGH ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_HIGH) -#define __GFP_MEMALLOC ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_MEMALLOC) -#define __GFP_NOMEMALLOC ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOMEMALLOC) - -/** - * DOC: Reclaim modifiers - * - * Reclaim modifiers - * ----------------- - * Please note that all the following flags are only applicable to sleepable - * allocations (e.g. %GFP_NOWAIT and %GFP_ATOMIC will ignore them). - * - * %__GFP_IO can start physical IO. - * - * %__GFP_FS can call down to the low-level FS. Clearing the flag avoids the - * allocator recursing into the filesystem which might already be holding - * locks. - * - * %__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM indicates that the caller may enter direct reclaim. - * This flag can be cleared to avoid unnecessary delays when a fallback - * option is available. - * - * %__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM indicates that the caller wants to wake kswapd when - * the low watermark is reached and have it reclaim pages until the high - * watermark is reached. A caller may wish to clear this flag when fallback - * options are available and the reclaim is likely to disrupt the system. The - * canonical example is THP allocation where a fallback is cheap but - * reclaim/compaction may cause indirect stalls. - * - * %__GFP_RECLAIM is shorthand to allow/forbid both direct and kswapd reclaim. - * - * The default allocator behavior depends on the request size. We have a concept - * of so called costly allocations (with order > %PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER). - * !costly allocations are too essential to fail so they are implicitly - * non-failing by default (with some exceptions like OOM victims might fail so - * the caller still has to check for failures) while costly requests try to be - * not disruptive and back off even without invoking the OOM killer. - * The following three modifiers might be used to override some of these - * implicit rules - * - * %__GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation will try only very lightweight - * memory direct reclaim to get some memory under memory pressure (thus - * it can sleep). It will avoid disruptive actions like OOM killer. The - * caller must handle the failure which is quite likely to happen under - * heavy memory pressure. The flag is suitable when failure can easily be - * handled at small cost, such as reduced throughput - * - * %__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL: The VM implementation will retry memory reclaim - * procedures that have previously failed if there is some indication - * that progress has been made else where. It can wait for other - * tasks to attempt high level approaches to freeing memory such as - * compaction (which removes fragmentation) and page-out. - * There is still a definite limit to the number of retries, but it is - * a larger limit than with %__GFP_NORETRY. - * Allocations with this flag may fail, but only when there is - * genuinely little unused memory. While these allocations do not - * directly trigger the OOM killer, their failure indicates that - * the system is likely to need to use the OOM killer soon. The - * caller must handle failure, but can reasonably do so by failing - * a higher-level request, or completing it only in a much less - * efficient manner. - * If the allocation does fail, and the caller is in a position to - * free some non-essential memory, doing so could benefit the system - * as a whole. - * - * %__GFP_NOFAIL: The VM implementation _must_ retry infinitely: the caller - * cannot handle allocation failures. The allocation could block - * indefinitely but will never return with failure. Testing for - * failure is pointless. - * New users should be evaluated carefully (and the flag should be - * used only when there is no reasonable failure policy) but it is - * definitely preferable to use the flag rather than opencode endless - * loop around allocator. - * Using this flag for costly allocations is _highly_ discouraged. - */ -#define __GFP_IO ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_IO) -#define __GFP_FS ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_FS) -#define __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) /* Caller can reclaim */ -#define __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) /* kswapd can wake */ -#define __GFP_RECLAIM ((__force gfp_t)(___GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM|___GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)) -#define __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL) -#define __GFP_NOFAIL ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOFAIL) -#define __GFP_NORETRY ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NORETRY) - -/** - * DOC: Action modifiers - * - * Action modifiers - * ---------------- - * - * %__GFP_NOWARN suppresses allocation failure reports. - * - * %__GFP_COMP address compound page metadata. - * - * %__GFP_ZERO returns a zeroed page on success. - * - * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS zeroes memory tags at allocation time if the memory itself - * is being zeroed (either via __GFP_ZERO or via init_on_alloc, provided that - * __GFP_SKIP_ZERO is not set). This flag is intended for optimization: setting - * memory tags at the same time as zeroing memory has minimal additional - * performace impact. - * - * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN_UNPOISON makes KASAN skip unpoisoning on page allocation. - * Only effective in HW_TAGS mode. - * - * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON makes KASAN skip poisoning on page deallocation. - * Typically, used for userspace pages. Only effective in HW_TAGS mode. - */ -#define __GFP_NOWARN ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOWARN) -#define __GFP_COMP ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_COMP) -#define __GFP_ZERO ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ZERO) -#define __GFP_ZEROTAGS ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ZEROTAGS) -#define __GFP_SKIP_ZERO ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_SKIP_ZERO) -#define __GFP_SKIP_KASAN_UNPOISON ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_SKIP_KASAN_UNPOISON) -#define __GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON) - -/* Disable lockdep for GFP context tracking */ -#define __GFP_NOLOCKDEP ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOLOCKDEP) - -/* Room for N __GFP_FOO bits */ -#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT (27 + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP)) -#define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((__force gfp_t)((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)) - -/** - * DOC: Useful GFP flag combinations - * - * Useful GFP flag combinations - * ---------------------------- - * - * Useful GFP flag combinations that are commonly used. It is recommended - * that subsystems start with one of these combinations and then set/clear - * %__GFP_FOO flags as necessary. - * - * %GFP_ATOMIC users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed. A lower - * watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves". - * The current implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict - * non-preemptive contexts (e.g. raw_spin_lock). The same applies to %GFP_NOWAIT. - * - * %GFP_KERNEL is typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires - * %ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone for direct access but can direct reclaim. - * - * %GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT is the same as GFP_KERNEL, except the allocation is - * accounted to kmemcg. - * - * %GFP_NOWAIT is for kernel allocations that should not stall for direct - * reclaim, start physical IO or use any filesystem callback. - * - * %GFP_NOIO will use direct reclaim to discard clean pages or slab pages - * that do not require the starting of any physical IO. - * Please try to avoid using this flag directly and instead use - * memalloc_noio_{save,restore} to mark the whole scope which cannot - * perform any IO with a short explanation why. All allocation requests - * will inherit GFP_NOIO implicitly. - * - * %GFP_NOFS will use direct reclaim but will not use any filesystem interfaces. - * Please try to avoid using this flag directly and instead use - * memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't - * recurse into the FS layer with a short explanation why. All allocation - * requests will inherit GFP_NOFS implicitly. - * - * %GFP_USER is for userspace allocations that also need to be directly - * accessibly by the kernel or hardware. It is typically used by hardware - * for buffers that are mapped to userspace (e.g. graphics) that hardware - * still must DMA to. cpuset limits are enforced for these allocations. - * - * %GFP_DMA exists for historical reasons and should be avoided where possible. - * The flags indicates that the caller requires that the lowest zone be - * used (%ZONE_DMA or 16M on x86-64). Ideally, this would be removed but - * it would require careful auditing as some users really require it and - * others use the flag to avoid lowmem reserves in %ZONE_DMA and treat the - * lowest zone as a type of emergency reserve. - * - * %GFP_DMA32 is similar to %GFP_DMA except that the caller requires a 32-bit - * address. Note that kmalloc(..., GFP_DMA32) does not return DMA32 memory - * because the DMA32 kmalloc cache array is not implemented. - * (Reason: there is no such user in kernel). - * - * %GFP_HIGHUSER is for userspace allocations that may be mapped to userspace, - * do not need to be directly accessible by the kernel but that cannot - * move once in use. An example may be a hardware allocation that maps - * data directly into userspace but has no addressing limitations. - * - * %GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE is for userspace allocations that the kernel does not - * need direct access to but can use kmap() when access is required. They - * are expected to be movable via page reclaim or page migration. Typically, - * pages on the LRU would also be allocated with %GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE. - * - * %GFP_TRANSHUGE and %GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT are used for THP allocations. They - * are compound allocations that will generally fail quickly if memory is not - * available and will not wake kswapd/kcompactd on failure. The _LIGHT - * version does not attempt reclaim/compaction at all and is by default used - * in page fault path, while the non-light is used by khugepaged. - */ -#define GFP_ATOMIC (__GFP_HIGH|__GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) -#define GFP_KERNEL (__GFP_RECLAIM | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS) -#define GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ACCOUNT) -#define GFP_NOWAIT (__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) -#define GFP_NOIO (__GFP_RECLAIM) -#define GFP_NOFS (__GFP_RECLAIM | __GFP_IO) -#define GFP_USER (__GFP_RECLAIM | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS | __GFP_HARDWALL) -#define GFP_DMA __GFP_DMA -#define GFP_DMA32 __GFP_DMA32 -#define GFP_HIGHUSER (GFP_USER | __GFP_HIGHMEM) -#define GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_MOVABLE | \ - __GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON) -#define GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT ((GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP | \ - __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN) & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) -#define GFP_TRANSHUGE (GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) - /* Convert GFP flags to their corresponding migrate type */ #define GFP_MOVABLE_MASK (__GFP_RECLAIMABLE|__GFP_MOVABLE) #define GFP_MOVABLE_SHIFT 3 |