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mm: skip might_alloc() warnings when PF_MEMALLOC is set

might_alloc() catches invalid blocking allocations in contexts where
sleeping is not allowed.

However when PF_MEMALLOC is set, the page allocator already skips reclaim
and other blocking paths. In such cases, a blocking gfp_mask does not
actually lead to blocking, so triggering might_alloc() splats is
misleading.

Adjust might_alloc() to skip warnings when the current task has
PF_MEMALLOC set, matching the allocator's actual blocking behaviour.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251007122035.56347-9-urezki@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) and committed by
Andrew Morton
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include/linux/sched/mm.h
··· 318 318 fs_reclaim_acquire(gfp_mask); 319 319 fs_reclaim_release(gfp_mask); 320 320 321 + if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) 322 + return; 323 + 321 324 might_sleep_if(gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask)); 322 325 } 323 326