Merge tag 'v4.3-rc1' into locking/core, to refresh the tree

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index ad35f300b9a4..f92cbd2f4450 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  * but it is definitely preferable to use the flag rather than opencode endless
  * loop around allocator.
  *
- * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely.
+ * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely and will
+ * return NULL when direct reclaim and memory compaction have failed to allow
+ * the allocation to succeed.  The OOM killer is not called with the current
+ * implementation.
  *
  * __GFP_MOVABLE: Flag that this page will be movable by the page migration
  * mechanism or reclaimed
@@ -300,22 +303,31 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	return __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_mask, order, zonelist, NULL);
 }
 
-static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-						unsigned int order)
+/*
+ * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. The node must be valid and
+ * online. For more general interface, see alloc_pages_node().
+ */
+static inline struct page *
+__alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
-	/* Unknown node is current node */
-	if (nid < 0)
-		nid = numa_node_id();
+	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES);
+	VM_WARN_ON(!node_online(nid));
 
 	return __alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order, node_zonelist(nid, gfp_mask));
 }
 
-static inline struct page *alloc_pages_exact_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+/*
+ * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. When nid == NUMA_NO_NODE,
+ * prefer the current CPU's closest node. Otherwise node must be valid and
+ * online.
+ */
+static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 						unsigned int order)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON(nid < 0 || nid >= MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(nid));
+	if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
+		nid = numa_mem_id();
 
-	return __alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order, node_zonelist(nid, gfp_mask));
+	return __alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -354,7 +366,6 @@ extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 void *alloc_pages_exact(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 void free_pages_exact(void *virt, size_t size);
-/* This is different from alloc_pages_exact_node !!! */
 void * __meminit alloc_pages_exact_nid(int nid, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 #define __get_free_page(gfp_mask) \