Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slab_common.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c index cab4c49b3e8c..3ffd2e76b5d2 100644 --- a/mm/slab_common.c +++ b/mm/slab_common.c @@ -573,6 +573,11 @@ void __init create_kmalloc_caches(unsigned long flags) } #endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */ +/* + * To avoid unnecessary overhead, we pass through large allocation requests + * directly to the page allocator. We use __GFP_COMP, because we will need to + * know the allocation order to free the pages properly in kfree. + */ void *kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order) { void *ret; -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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>