On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, David Rientjes wrote: > > + gfpflags &= gfp_allowed_mask; > > if (gfpflags & __GFP_WAIT) > > local_irq_enable(); > > > > Couldn't this include the masking of __GFP_ZERO at the beginning of > __slab_alloc()? We could move it together but then the masking of GFP_ZERO has never done anything and AFAICT is there because some people felt unsafe with the masking already done nearer to the page alloc functions. -- 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>