linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/20] tile: get rid of superfluous __GFP

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:21:11 -0400
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/20] tile: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

On 4/28/2016 9:24 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko<mhocko@...e.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.
>
> pgtable_alloc_one uses __GFP_REPEAT flag for L2_USER_PGTABLE_ORDER but
> the order is either 0 or 3 if L2_KERNEL_PGTABLE_SHIFT for HPAGE_SHIFT.
> This means that this flag has never been actually useful here because it
> has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.
>
> Cc: Chris Metcalf<cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
> Cc:linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko<mhocko@...e.com>
> ---
>   arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

This seems OK as far as I can tell from code review.

Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com> [for tile]

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