[PATCH] cpusets: new __GFP_HARDWALL flag

Add another GFP flag: __GFP_HARDWALL.

A subsequent "cpuset_zone_allowed" patch will use this flag to mark GFP_USER
allocations, and distinguish them from GFP_KERNEL allocations.

Allocations (such as GFP_USER) marked GFP_HARDWALL are constrainted to the
current tasks cpuset.  Other allocations (such as GFP_KERNEL) can steal from
the possibly larger nearest mem_exclusive cpuset ancestor, if memory is tight
on every node in the current cpuset.

This patch collides with Mel Gorman's patch to reduce fragmentation in the
standard buddy allocator, which adds two GFP flags.  This was discussed on
linux-mm in July.  Most likely, one of his flags for user reclaimable memory
can be the same as my __GFP_HARDWALL flag, under some generic name meaning its
user address space memory.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 7c7400137e97..4dc990f3b5cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_ZERO      0x8000u /* Return zeroed page on success */
 #define __GFP_NOMEMALLOC 0x10000u /* Don't use emergency reserves */
 #define __GFP_NORECLAIM  0x20000u /* No realy zone reclaim during allocation */
+#define __GFP_HARDWALL   0x40000u /* Enforce hardwall cpuset memory allocs */
 
 #define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 20     /* Room for 20 __GFP_FOO bits */
 #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)
@@ -48,14 +49,15 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define GFP_LEVEL_MASK (__GFP_WAIT|__GFP_HIGH|__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS| \
                         __GFP_COLD|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_REPEAT| \
                         __GFP_NOFAIL|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_NO_GROW|__GFP_COMP| \
-                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_NORECLAIM)
+                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_NORECLAIM|__GFP_HARDWALL)
 
 #define GFP_ATOMIC      (__GFP_HIGH)
 #define GFP_NOIO        (__GFP_WAIT)
 #define GFP_NOFS        (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO)
 #define GFP_KERNEL      (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS)
-#define GFP_USER        (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS)
-#define GFP_HIGHUSER    (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS | __GFP_HIGHMEM)
+#define GFP_USER        (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS | __GFP_HARDWALL)
+#define GFP_HIGHUSER    (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS | __GFP_HARDWALL | \
+                         __GFP_HIGHMEM)
 
 /* Flag - indicates that the buffer will be suitable for DMA.  Ignored on some
    platforms, used as appropriate on others */