On Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> @@ -358,16 +358,7 @@ kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace(struct kmem_cache *s,
> #include <linux/slub_def.h>
> #endif
>
> -static __always_inline void *
> -kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
> -{
> - void *ret;
> -
> - flags |= (__GFP_COMP | __GFP_KMEMCG);
> - ret = (void *) __get_free_pages(flags, order);
> - kmemleak_alloc(ret, size, 1, flags);
> - return ret;
> -}
> +extern void *kmalloc_order(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned int order);
Hmmm... This was intentional inlined to allow inline expansion for calls
to kmalloc with large constants. The inline expansion directly converts
these calls to page allocator calls avoiding slab overhead.
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