diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 30a3250..4aead0b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -232,6 +232,27 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_online_nodes);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Structure for holding the mostly immutable allocation parameters passed
+ * between alloc_pages* family of functions.
+ *
+ * nodemask, migratetype and high_zoneidx are initialized only once in
+ * __alloc_pages_nodemask() and then never change.
+ *
+ * zonelist, preferred_zone and classzone_idx are set first in
+ * __alloc_pages_nodemask() for the fast path, and might be later changed
+ * in __alloc_pages_slowpath(). All other functions pass the whole strucure
+ * by a const pointer.
+ */
+struct alloc_context {
+	struct zonelist *zonelist;
+	nodemask_t *nodemask;
+	struct zone *preferred_zone;
+	int classzone_idx;
+	int migratetype;
+	enum zone_type high_zoneidx;
+};
+
 int page_group_by_mobility_disabled __read_mostly;
 
 void set_pageblock_migratetype(struct page *page, int migratetype)
@@ -2037,10 +2058,10 @@
  * a page.
  */
 static struct page *
-get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned int order,
-		struct zonelist *zonelist, int high_zoneidx, int alloc_flags,
-		struct zone *preferred_zone, int classzone_idx, int migratetype)
+get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,
+						const struct alloc_context *ac)
 {
+	struct zonelist *zonelist = ac->zonelist;
 	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct zone *zone;
@@ -2059,8 +2080,8 @@
 	 * Scan zonelist, looking for a zone with enough free.
 	 * See also __cpuset_node_allowed() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
 	 */
-	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
-						high_zoneidx, nodemask) {
+	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist, ac->high_zoneidx,
+								ac->nodemask) {
 		unsigned long mark;
 
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA) && zlc_active &&
@@ -2077,7 +2098,7 @@
 		 * time the page has in memory before being reclaimed.
 		 */
 		if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_FAIR) {
-			if (!zone_local(preferred_zone, zone))
+			if (!zone_local(ac->preferred_zone, zone))
 				break;
 			if (test_bit(ZONE_FAIR_DEPLETED, &zone->flags)) {
 				nr_fair_skipped++;
@@ -2115,7 +2136,7 @@
 
 		mark = zone->watermark[alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_MASK];
 		if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, mark,
-				       classzone_idx, alloc_flags)) {
+				       ac->classzone_idx, alloc_flags)) {
 			int ret;
 
 			/* Checked here to keep the fast path fast */
@@ -2136,7 +2157,7 @@
 			}
 
 			if (zone_reclaim_mode == 0 ||
-			    !zone_allows_reclaim(preferred_zone, zone))
+			    !zone_allows_reclaim(ac->preferred_zone, zone))
 				goto this_zone_full;
 
 			/*
@@ -2158,7 +2179,7 @@
 			default:
 				/* did we reclaim enough */
 				if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, mark,
-						classzone_idx, alloc_flags))
+						ac->classzone_idx, alloc_flags))
 					goto try_this_zone;
 
 				/*
@@ -2179,8 +2200,8 @@
 		}
 
 try_this_zone:
-		page = buffered_rmqueue(preferred_zone, zone, order,
-						gfp_mask, migratetype);
+		page = buffered_rmqueue(ac->preferred_zone, zone, order,
+						gfp_mask, ac->migratetype);
 		if (page) {
 			if (prep_new_page(page, order, gfp_mask, alloc_flags))
 				goto try_this_zone;
@@ -2203,7 +2224,7 @@
 		alloc_flags &= ~ALLOC_FAIR;
 		if (nr_fair_skipped) {
 			zonelist_rescan = true;
-			reset_alloc_batches(preferred_zone);
+			reset_alloc_batches(ac->preferred_zone);
 		}
 		if (nr_online_nodes > 1)
 			zonelist_rescan = true;
@@ -2325,9 +2346,7 @@
 
 static inline struct page *
 __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
-	struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-	nodemask_t *nodemask, struct zone *preferred_zone,
-	int classzone_idx, int migratetype, unsigned long *did_some_progress)
+	const struct alloc_context *ac, unsigned long *did_some_progress)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
@@ -2340,7 +2359,7 @@
 	 * Acquire the per-zone oom lock for each zone.  If that
 	 * fails, somebody else is making progress for us.
 	 */
-	if (!oom_zonelist_trylock(zonelist, gfp_mask)) {
+	if (!oom_zonelist_trylock(ac->zonelist, gfp_mask)) {
 		*did_some_progress = 1;
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 		return NULL;
@@ -2359,10 +2378,8 @@
 	 * here, this is only to catch a parallel oom killing, we must fail if
 	 * we're still under heavy pressure.
 	 */
-	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask|__GFP_HARDWALL, nodemask,
-		order, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-		ALLOC_WMARK_HIGH|ALLOC_CPUSET,
-		preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype);
+	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask | __GFP_HARDWALL, order,
+					ALLOC_WMARK_HIGH|ALLOC_CPUSET, ac);
 	if (page)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -2374,7 +2391,7 @@
 		if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
 			goto out;
 		/* The OOM killer does not needlessly kill tasks for lowmem */
-		if (high_zoneidx < ZONE_NORMAL)
+		if (ac->high_zoneidx < ZONE_NORMAL)
 			goto out;
 		/* The OOM killer does not compensate for light reclaim */
 		if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
@@ -2390,10 +2407,10 @@
 			goto out;
 	}
 	/* Exhausted what can be done so it's blamo time */
-	out_of_memory(zonelist, gfp_mask, order, nodemask, false);
+	out_of_memory(ac->zonelist, gfp_mask, order, ac->nodemask, false);
 	*did_some_progress = 1;
 out:
-	oom_zonelist_unlock(zonelist, gfp_mask);
+	oom_zonelist_unlock(ac->zonelist, gfp_mask);
 	return page;
 }
 
@@ -2401,10 +2418,9 @@
 /* Try memory compaction for high-order allocations before reclaim */
 static struct page *
 __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
-	struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-	nodemask_t *nodemask, int alloc_flags, struct zone *preferred_zone,
-	int classzone_idx, int migratetype, enum migrate_mode mode,
-	int *contended_compaction, bool *deferred_compaction)
+		int alloc_flags, const struct alloc_context *ac,
+		enum migrate_mode mode, int *contended_compaction,
+		bool *deferred_compaction)
 {
 	unsigned long compact_result;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -2413,10 +2429,10 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
-	compact_result = try_to_compact_pages(zonelist, order, gfp_mask,
-						nodemask, mode,
+	compact_result = try_to_compact_pages(ac->zonelist, order, gfp_mask,
+						ac->nodemask, mode,
 						contended_compaction,
-						alloc_flags, classzone_idx);
+						alloc_flags, ac->classzone_idx);
 	current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
 
 	switch (compact_result) {
@@ -2435,10 +2451,8 @@
 	 */
 	count_vm_event(COMPACTSTALL);
 
-	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask,
-			order, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-			alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS,
-			preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype);
+	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order,
+					alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, ac);
 
 	if (page) {
 		struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
@@ -2462,10 +2476,9 @@
 #else
 static inline struct page *
 __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
-	struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-	nodemask_t *nodemask, int alloc_flags, struct zone *preferred_zone,
-	int classzone_idx, int migratetype, enum migrate_mode mode,
-	int *contended_compaction, bool *deferred_compaction)
+		int alloc_flags, const struct alloc_context *ac,
+		enum migrate_mode mode, int *contended_compaction,
+		bool *deferred_compaction)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -2473,8 +2486,8 @@
 
 /* Perform direct synchronous page reclaim */
 static int
-__perform_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, struct zonelist *zonelist,
-		  nodemask_t *nodemask)
+__perform_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
+					const struct alloc_context *ac)
 {
 	struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
 	int progress;
@@ -2488,7 +2501,8 @@
 	reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
 	current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
 
-	progress = try_to_free_pages(zonelist, order, gfp_mask, nodemask);
+	progress = try_to_free_pages(ac->zonelist, order, gfp_mask,
+								ac->nodemask);
 
 	current->reclaim_state = NULL;
 	lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
@@ -2502,28 +2516,23 @@
 /* The really slow allocator path where we enter direct reclaim */
 static inline struct page *
 __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
-	struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-	nodemask_t *nodemask, int alloc_flags, struct zone *preferred_zone,
-	int classzone_idx, int migratetype, unsigned long *did_some_progress)
+		int alloc_flags, const struct alloc_context *ac,
+		unsigned long *did_some_progress)
 {
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	bool drained = false;
 
-	*did_some_progress = __perform_reclaim(gfp_mask, order, zonelist,
-					       nodemask);
+	*did_some_progress = __perform_reclaim(gfp_mask, order, ac);
 	if (unlikely(!(*did_some_progress)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* After successful reclaim, reconsider all zones for allocation */
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
-		zlc_clear_zones_full(zonelist);
+		zlc_clear_zones_full(ac->zonelist);
 
 retry:
-	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask, order,
-					zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-					alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS,
-					preferred_zone, classzone_idx,
-					migratetype);
+	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order,
+					alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, ac);
 
 	/*
 	 * If an allocation failed after direct reclaim, it could be because
@@ -2544,36 +2553,30 @@
  */
 static inline struct page *
 __alloc_pages_high_priority(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
-	struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-	nodemask_t *nodemask, struct zone *preferred_zone,
-	int classzone_idx, int migratetype)
+				const struct alloc_context *ac)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
 	do {
-		page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask, order,
-			zonelist, high_zoneidx, ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS,
-			preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype);
+		page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order,
+						ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, ac);
 
 		if (!page && gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)
-			wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+			wait_iff_congested(ac->preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC,
+									HZ/50);
 	} while (!page && (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL));
 
 	return page;
 }
 
-static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order,
-			     struct zonelist *zonelist,
-			     enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-			     struct zone *preferred_zone,
-			     nodemask_t *nodemask)
+static void wake_all_kswapds(unsigned int order, const struct alloc_context *ac)
 {
 	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 
-	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
-						high_zoneidx, nodemask)
-		wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, zone_idx(preferred_zone));
+	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist,
+						ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask)
+		wakeup_kswapd(zone, order, zone_idx(ac->preferred_zone));
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -2632,9 +2635,7 @@
 
 static inline struct page *
 __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
-	struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
-	nodemask_t *nodemask, struct zone *preferred_zone,
-	int classzone_idx, int migratetype)
+						struct alloc_context *ac)
 {
 	const gfp_t wait = gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
@@ -2670,8 +2671,7 @@
 
 retry:
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NO_KSWAPD))
-		wake_all_kswapds(order, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-				preferred_zone, nodemask);
+		wake_all_kswapds(order, ac);
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, we're below the kswapd watermark and have kicked background
@@ -2684,17 +2684,16 @@
 	 * Find the true preferred zone if the allocation is unconstrained by
 	 * cpusets.
 	 */
-	if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET) && !nodemask) {
+	if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET) && !ac->nodemask) {
 		struct zoneref *preferred_zoneref;
-		preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-				NULL, &preferred_zone);
-		classzone_idx = zonelist_zone_idx(preferred_zoneref);
+		preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac->zonelist,
+				ac->high_zoneidx, NULL, &ac->preferred_zone);
+		ac->classzone_idx = zonelist_zone_idx(preferred_zoneref);
 	}
 
 	/* This is the last chance, in general, before the goto nopage. */
-	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask, order, zonelist,
-			high_zoneidx, alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS,
-			preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype);
+	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order,
+				alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, ac);
 	if (page)
 		goto got_pg;
 
@@ -2705,11 +2704,10 @@
 		 * the allocation is high priority and these type of
 		 * allocations are system rather than user orientated
 		 */
-		zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask);
+		ac->zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask);
 
-		page = __alloc_pages_high_priority(gfp_mask, order,
-				zonelist, high_zoneidx, nodemask,
-				preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype);
+		page = __alloc_pages_high_priority(gfp_mask, order, ac);
+
 		if (page) {
 			goto got_pg;
 		}
@@ -2738,11 +2736,9 @@
 	 * Try direct compaction. The first pass is asynchronous. Subsequent
 	 * attempts after direct reclaim are synchronous
 	 */
-	page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, zonelist,
-					high_zoneidx, nodemask, alloc_flags,
-					preferred_zone,
-					classzone_idx, migratetype,
-					migration_mode, &contended_compaction,
+	page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags, ac,
+					migration_mode,
+					&contended_compaction,
 					&deferred_compaction);
 	if (page)
 		goto got_pg;
@@ -2788,12 +2784,8 @@
 		migration_mode = MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT;
 
 	/* Try direct reclaim and then allocating */
-	page = __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, order,
-					zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-					nodemask,
-					alloc_flags, preferred_zone,
-					classzone_idx, migratetype,
-					&did_some_progress);
+	page = __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags, ac,
+							&did_some_progress);
 	if (page)
 		goto got_pg;
 
@@ -2807,17 +2799,15 @@
 		 * start OOM killing tasks.
 		 */
 		if (!did_some_progress) {
-			page = __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_mask, order, zonelist,
-						high_zoneidx, nodemask,
-						preferred_zone, classzone_idx,
-						migratetype,&did_some_progress);
+			page = __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_mask, order, ac,
+							&did_some_progress);
 			if (page)
 				goto got_pg;
 			if (!did_some_progress)
 				goto nopage;
 		}
 		/* Wait for some write requests to complete then retry */
-		wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+		wait_iff_congested(ac->preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 		goto retry;
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -2825,11 +2815,9 @@
 		 * direct reclaim and reclaim/compaction depends on compaction
 		 * being called after reclaim so call directly if necessary
 		 */
-		page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, zonelist,
-					high_zoneidx, nodemask, alloc_flags,
-					preferred_zone,
-					classzone_idx, migratetype,
-					migration_mode, &contended_compaction,
+		page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order,
+					alloc_flags, ac, migration_mode,
+					&contended_compaction,
 					&deferred_compaction);
 		if (page)
 			goto got_pg;
@@ -2848,15 +2836,16 @@
 __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 			struct zonelist *zonelist, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
-	enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
-	struct zone *preferred_zone;
 	struct zoneref *preferred_zoneref;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
-	int migratetype = gfpflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask);
 	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
 	int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_LOW|ALLOC_CPUSET|ALLOC_FAIR;
-	int classzone_idx;
 	gfp_t alloc_mask; /* The gfp_t that was actually used for allocation */
+	struct alloc_context ac = {
+		.high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask),
+		.nodemask = nodemask,
+		.migratetype = gfpflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask),
+	};
 
 	gfp_mask &= gfp_allowed_mask;
 
@@ -2875,25 +2864,25 @@
 	if (unlikely(!zonelist->_zonerefs->zone))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMA) && migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMA) && ac.migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CMA;
 
 retry_cpuset:
 	cpuset_mems_cookie = read_mems_allowed_begin();
 
+	/* We set it here, as __alloc_pages_slowpath might have changed it */
+	ac.zonelist = zonelist;
 	/* The preferred zone is used for statistics later */
-	preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-				nodemask ? : &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
-				&preferred_zone);
-	if (!preferred_zone)
+	preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac.zonelist, ac.high_zoneidx,
+				ac.nodemask ? : &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
+				&ac.preferred_zone);
+	if (!ac.preferred_zone)
 		goto out;
-	classzone_idx = zonelist_zone_idx(preferred_zoneref);
+	ac.classzone_idx = zonelist_zone_idx(preferred_zoneref);
 
 	/* First allocation attempt */
 	alloc_mask = gfp_mask|__GFP_HARDWALL;
-	page = get_page_from_freelist(alloc_mask, nodemask, order, zonelist,
-			high_zoneidx, alloc_flags, preferred_zone,
-			classzone_idx, migratetype);
+	page = get_page_from_freelist(alloc_mask, order, alloc_flags, &ac);
 	if (unlikely(!page)) {
 		/*
 		 * Runtime PM, block IO and its error handling path
@@ -2902,15 +2891,13 @@
 		 */
 		alloc_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask);
 
-		page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(alloc_mask, order,
-				zonelist, high_zoneidx, nodemask,
-				preferred_zone, classzone_idx, migratetype);
+		page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(alloc_mask, order, &ac);
 	}
 
 	if (kmemcheck_enabled && page)
 		kmemcheck_pagealloc_alloc(page, order, gfp_mask);
 
-	trace_mm_page_alloc(page, order, alloc_mask, migratetype);
+	trace_mm_page_alloc(page, order, alloc_mask, ac.migratetype);
 
 out:
 	/*