Re: [PATCH v3] mm,thp,shmem: limit shmem THP alloc gfp_mask

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Oct 23 2020 - 17:09:56 EST


On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 04:47:08PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -614,6 +614,8 @@ bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask);
> extern void pm_restrict_gfp_mask(void);
> extern void pm_restore_gfp_mask(void);
>
> +extern gfp_t alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask(struct vm_area_struct *vma);

Without the types, the name of this function makes me think it allocates
something. Like alloc_hugepage_vma() does. With the types, it's obvious
that it gets the gfpmask. Can this patch rename it, perhaps to

gfp_t vma_thp_gfp_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma);

(hugepage is also ambiguous because it might be for hugetlbfs and we use,
eg, mapping_gfp_mask, not mapping_gfpmask).