Re: [PATCH v8 1/4] mm/vmalloc: allow to set node and align in vrealloc

From: Uladzislau Rezki
Date: Mon Jun 30 2025 - 06:31:08 EST


On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 12:25:37PM +0200, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> Reimplement vrealloc() to be able to set node and alignment should
> a user need to do so. Rename the function to vrealloc_node_align()
> to better match what it actually does now and introduce macros for
> vrealloc() and friends for backward compatibility.
>
> With that change we also provide the ability for the Rust part of
> the kernel to set node and aligmnent in its allocations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/vmalloc.h | 12 +++++++++---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> index fdc9aeb74a44..68791f7cb3ba 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> @@ -197,9 +197,15 @@ extern void *__vcalloc_noprof(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags) __alloc_size(1
> extern void *vcalloc_noprof(size_t n, size_t size) __alloc_size(1, 2);
> #define vcalloc(...) alloc_hooks(vcalloc_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
>
> -void * __must_check vrealloc_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> - __realloc_size(2);
> -#define vrealloc(...) alloc_hooks(vrealloc_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
> +void *__must_check vrealloc_node_align_noprof(const void *p, size_t size,
> + unsigned long align, gfp_t flags, int nid) __realloc_size(2);
> +#define vrealloc_node_noprof(_p, _s, _f, _nid) \
> + vrealloc_node_align_noprof(_p, _s, 1, _f, _nid)
> +#define vrealloc_noprof(_p, _s, _f) \
> + vrealloc_node_align_noprof(_p, _s, 1, _f, NUMA_NO_NODE)
> +#define vrealloc_node_align(...) alloc_hooks(vrealloc_node_align_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
> +#define vrealloc_node(...) alloc_hooks(vrealloc_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
> +#define vrealloc(...) alloc_hooks(vrealloc_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
>
> extern void vfree(const void *addr);
> extern void vfree_atomic(const void *addr);
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 6dbcdceecae1..d633ac0ff977 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -4089,12 +4089,15 @@ void *vzalloc_node_noprof(unsigned long size, int node)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(vzalloc_node_noprof);
>
> /**
> - * vrealloc - reallocate virtually contiguous memory; contents remain unchanged
> + * vrealloc_node_align_noprof - reallocate virtually contiguous memory; contents
> + * remain unchanged
> * @p: object to reallocate memory for
> * @size: the size to reallocate
> + * @align: requested alignment
> * @flags: the flags for the page level allocator
> + * @nid: node id
> *
> - * If @p is %NULL, vrealloc() behaves exactly like vmalloc(). If @size is 0 and
> + * If @p is %NULL, vrealloc_XXX() behaves exactly like vmalloc(). If @size is 0 and
> * @p is not a %NULL pointer, the object pointed to is freed.
> *
> * If __GFP_ZERO logic is requested, callers must ensure that, starting with the
> @@ -4111,7 +4114,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vzalloc_node_noprof);
> * Return: pointer to the allocated memory; %NULL if @size is zero or in case of
> * failure
> */
> -void *vrealloc_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> +void *vrealloc_node_align_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, unsigned long align,
> + gfp_t flags, int nid)
> {
> struct vm_struct *vm = NULL;
> size_t alloced_size = 0;
> @@ -4135,6 +4139,13 @@ void *vrealloc_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> if (WARN(alloced_size < old_size,
> "vrealloc() has mismatched area vs requested sizes (%p)\n", p))
> return NULL;
> + if (WARN(nid != NUMA_NO_NODE && nid != page_to_nid(vmalloc_to_page(p)),
> + "vrealloc() has mismatched nids\n"))
> + return NULL;
> + if (WARN((uintptr_t)p & (align - 1),
> + "will not reallocate with a bigger alignment (0x%lx)\n",
> + align))
> + return NULL;
>
IMO, IS_ALIGNED() should be used instead. We have already a macro for this
purpose, i.e. the idea is just to check that "p" is aligned with "align"
request.

Can you replace the (uintptr_t) casting to (ulong) or (unsigned long)
this is how we mostly cast in vmalloc code?

WARN() probably is worth to replace. Use WARN_ON_ONCE() to prevent
flooding.

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Uladzislau Rezki