From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> To: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 16/19] unicore32: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:08:09 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1460372892-8157-17-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1460372892-8157-1-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> __GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations. PGALLOC_GFP uses __GFP_REPEAT but it is only used in pte_alloc_one, pte_alloc_one_kernel which does order-0 request. This means that this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests. Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> --- arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h index 2e02d1356fdf..26775793c204 100644 --- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h +++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern void free_pgd_slow(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd); #define pgd_alloc(mm) get_pgd_slow(mm) #define pgd_free(mm, pgd) free_pgd_slow(mm, pgd) -#define PGALLOC_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO) +#define PGALLOC_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO) /* * Allocate one PTE table. -- 2.8.0.rc3 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> To: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 16/19] unicore32: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:08:09 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1460372892-8157-17-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org> (raw) Message-ID: <20160411110809.-DSF-k31SS_1f9G2YdZ8gCln1kCNtICpFU9Y4zhNy28@z> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1460372892-8157-1-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> __GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations. PGALLOC_GFP uses __GFP_REPEAT but it is only used in pte_alloc_one, pte_alloc_one_kernel which does order-0 request. This means that this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests. Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> --- arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h index 2e02d1356fdf..26775793c204 100644 --- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h +++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern void free_pgd_slow(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd); #define pgd_alloc(mm) get_pgd_slow(mm) #define pgd_free(mm, pgd) free_pgd_slow(mm, pgd) -#define PGALLOC_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO) +#define PGALLOC_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO) /* * Allocate one PTE table. -- 2.8.0.rc3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-11 11:08 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top [not found] <1460372892-8157-1-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org> 2016-04-11 11:07 ` [PATCH 01/19] tree wide: get rid of __GFP_REPEAT for order-0 allocations part I Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-14 19:56 ` David Rientjes 2016-04-15 7:44 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-15 7:44 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` [PATCH 02/19] x86: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` [PATCH 03/19] x86/efi: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-12 15:53 ` Matt Fleming 2016-04-12 15:53 ` Matt Fleming 2016-04-11 11:07 ` [PATCH 04/19] arm: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` [PATCH 05/19] arm64: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 15:49 ` Will Deacon 2016-04-11 11:07 ` [PATCH 06/19] arc: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:07 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 14:23 ` Vineet Gupta 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 07/19] mips: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 08/19] nios2: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 09/19] parisc: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 10/19] score: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 11/19] powerpc: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 12/19] sparc: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 13/19] s390: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:28 ` Cornelia Huck 2016-04-11 11:28 ` Cornelia Huck 2016-04-11 12:47 ` Heiko Carstens 2016-04-11 12:47 ` Heiko Carstens 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 14/19] sh: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 15/19] tile: " Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko 2016-04-11 11:08 ` Michal Hocko [this message] 2016-04-11 11:08 ` [PATCH 16/19] unicore32: " Michal Hocko
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