Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Jan 2017 09:45:53 +0100 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/6] mm: support __GFP_REPEAT in kvmalloc_node for >=64kB |
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On Sat 14-01-17 11:42:09, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > On 2017/01/13 0:37, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c > > index 7e0c240b5760..9306244b9f41 100644 > > --- a/mm/util.c > > +++ b/mm/util.c > > @@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap); > > * Uses kmalloc to get the memory but if the allocation fails then falls back > > * to the vmalloc allocator. Use kvfree for freeing the memory. > > * > > - * Reclaim modifiers - __GFP_NORETRY, __GFP_REPEAT and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported > > + * Reclaim modifiers - __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported. __GFP_REPEAT > > + * is supported only for large (>64kB) allocations > > Isn't this ">32kB" (i.e. __GFP_REPEAT is supported for 64kB allocation) ?
True, I will update the patch to use >32kB
Thanks! -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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