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.
{pud,pmd}_alloc_one is using __GFP_REPEAT but it always allocates from
pgtable_cache which is initialzed to PAGE_SIZE objects. This means that
this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been
used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
index 5e3187185b4a..3529f1378cd8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ static inline void __pud_populate(pud_t *pud, pmd_t *pmd)
static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
{
- return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache,
- GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+ return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
}
static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
{
- return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache,
- GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+ return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
}
static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *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>