From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Subject: arm64: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT __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. {pte,pmd,pud}_alloc_one{_kernel}, late_pgtable_alloc use PGALLOC_GFP for __get_free_page (aka order-0). pgd_alloc is slightly more complex because it allocates from pgd_cache if PGD_SIZE != PAGE_SIZE and PGD_SIZE depends on the configuration (CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS, PAGE_SHIFT and CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS). As per config PGTABLE_LEVELS int default 2 if ARM64_16K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_36 default 2 if ARM64_64K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_42 default 3 if ARM64_64K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_48 default 3 if ARM64_4K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_39 default 3 if ARM64_16K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_47 default 4 if !ARM64_64K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_48 we should have the following options CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:48 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:4 PAGE_SIZE:4k size:4096 pages:1 CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:48 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:4 PAGE_SIZE:16k size:16 pages:1 CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:48 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:3 PAGE_SIZE:64k size:512 pages:1 CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:47 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:3 PAGE_SIZE:16k size:16384 pages:1 CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:42 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:2 PAGE_SIZE:64k size:65536 pages:1 CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:39 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:3 PAGE_SIZE:4k size:4096 pages:1 CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS:36 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS:2 PAGE_SIZE:16k size:16384 pages:1 All of them fit into a single page (aka order-0). This means that this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464599699-30131-6-git-send-email-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h~arm64-get-rid-of-superfluous-__gfp_repeat arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h~arm64-get-rid-of-superfluous-__gfp_repeat +++ a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ #define check_pgt_cache() do { } while (0) -#define PGALLOC_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO) +#define PGALLOC_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO) #define PGD_SIZE (PTRS_PER_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t)) #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2 _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html