__vmalloc_area_node never pass -1 to alloc_pages_node. It means node's validity check is unnecessary. So we can use alloc_pages_exact_node instead of alloc_pages_node. It could avoid comparison and branch as 6484eb3e2a81807722 tried. Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index ae00746..7abf423 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask, if (node < 0) page = alloc_page(gfp_mask); else - page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_mask, 0); + page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, gfp_mask, 0); if (unlikely(!page)) { /* Successfully allocated i pages, free them in __vunmap() */ -- 1.7.0.5 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>