The patch titled
Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: remove unnecessary highmem_mask from parameter of gfpflags_allow_blocking()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-vmalloc-remove-unnecessary-highmem_mask-from-parameter-of-gfpflags_allow_blocking.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmalloc-remove-unnecessary-highmem_mask-from-parameter-of-gfpflags_allow_blocking.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-vmalloc-remove-unnecessary-highmem_mask-from-parameter-of-gfpflags_allow_blocking.patch
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From: Liu Xiang <liuxiang_1999@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: remove unnecessary highmem_mask from parameter of gfpflags_allow_blocking()
gfpflags_allow_blocking() does not care about __GFP_HIGHMEM, so
highmem_mask can be removed.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1568812319-3467-1-git-send-email-liuxiang_1999@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liuxiang_1999@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-remove-unnecessary-highmem_mask-from-parameter-of-gfpflags_allow_blocking
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct
goto fail;
}
area->pages[i] = page;
- if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask|highmem_mask))
+ if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask))
cond_resched();
}
atomic_long_add(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from liuxiang_1999@xxxxxxx are
mm-vmalloc-remove-unnecessary-highmem_mask-from-parameter-of-gfpflags_allow_blocking.patch
