Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:02:17 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 18/19] crypto: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT |
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On Thu 14-04-16 14:27:31, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 01:08:11PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> > > > > __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. > > > > lzo_init uses __GFP_REPEAT to allocate LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS 16K. This is > > order 3 allocation request and __GFP_REPEAT is ignored for this size > > as well as all <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests. > > > > Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> > > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> > > Could you please send this patch to the linux-crypto list? Thanks.
Will do. Do you prefer it now as a stand along patch or when I repost the full series. This one doesn't depend on any previous so I can do both ways.
Thanks! -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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