The patch titled
Subject: mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3.patch
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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3
Cc: Andy Isaacson <adi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/gfp.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff -puN include/linux/gfp.h~mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3 include/linux/gfp.h
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h~mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3
+++ a/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* 1. Do not wake kswapd (hence the flag name)
* 2. Do not use stall in synchronous compaction for high-order allocations
* as this may cause the caller to stall writing out pages
+ *
+ * This flag it primarily intended for use with transparent hugepage support.
+ * If the flag is used outside the VM, linux-mm should be cc'd for review.
*/
#define __GFP_NO_KSWAPD ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
_
Subject: Subject: mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxx are
mm-page-writebackc-make-determine_dirtyable_memory-static-again.patch
mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations.patch
mm-do-not-stall-in-synchronous-compaction-for-thp-allocations-v3.patch
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