Re: [Patch v4 14/18] KVM: mmu: Initialize kvm_mmu_memory_cache.gfp_zero to __GFP_ZERO by default

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On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 3:28 PM David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 02:41:23PM -0800, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> > Set __GFP_ZERO to gfp_zero in default initizliation of struct
> > kvm_mmu_memory_cache{}
> >
> > All of the users of default initialization code of struct
> > kvm_mmu_memory_cache{} explicitly sets gfp_zero to __GFP_ZERO. This can
> > be moved to common initialization logic.
>
> If that were true we could get rid of gfp_zero entirely and hard-code
> __GFP_ZERO in the memory allocator! mmu_shadowed_info_cache is the one
> that does not set __GFP_ZERO.
>

Can we use __GFP_ZERO for mmu_shadowed_info_cache? Also, MIPS doesn't
use __GFP_ZERO, I think it might be a missed thing in MIPS rather than
intentional.




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