From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> __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. pte_alloc_one{_kernel}, pmd_alloc_one allocate PTE_ORDER resp. PMD_ORDER but both are not larger than 1. This means that this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests. Cc: John Crispin <blogic@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h index b336037e8768..93c079a1cfc8 100644 --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, { pte_t *pte; - pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER); + pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER); return pte; } @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, { struct page *pte; - pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, PTE_ORDER); + pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PTE_ORDER); if (!pte) return NULL; clear_highpage(pte); @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address) { pmd_t *pmd; - pmd = (pmd_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, PMD_ORDER); + pmd = (pmd_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PMD_ORDER); if (pmd) pmd_init((unsigned long)pmd, (unsigned long)invalid_pte_table); return pmd; -- 2.8.0.rc3 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>