Re: [PATCH] slub: Clear __GFP_COMP flag when allocating 0 order page

["Christoph Lameter (Ampere)" <cl@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024, Haifeng Xu wrote:

> @@ -1875,6 +1875,13 @@ static inline struct slab *alloc_slab_page(gfp_t flags, int node,
> 	struct slab *slab;
> 	unsigned int order = oo_order(oo);
>
> +	/*
> +	 * If fallback to the minimum order allocation and the order is 0,
> +	 * clear the __GFP_COMP flag.
> +	 */
> +	if (order == 0)
> +		flags = flags & ~__GFP_COMP;


This would be better placed in allocate_slab() when the need for a
fallback to a lower order is detected after the first call to alloc_slab_page().