On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 01:28:37PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote: > On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:08:06 +0200 > Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > arch_dup_task_struct uses __GFP_REPEAT for fpu_regs_size which is either > > sizeof(__vector128) * __NUM_VXRS = 4069B resp. > > sizeof(freg_t) * __NUM_FPRS = 1024B AFAICS. page_table_alloc then uses > > the flag for a single page allocation. This means that this flag has > > never been actually useful here because it has always been used only for > > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests. > > > > Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Let's cc: Martin/Heiko instead :) > > > Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > > --- > > arch/s390/kernel/process.c | 2 +- > > arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c | 2 +- > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> -- 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>