I like killing it, but shouldn't we just try a normal kmem_zalloc? At least for the fallback it's the right thing, and even for an order 2 allocation it seems like a useful first try. -- 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>