linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add a gfp-translate script to help understand page allocation failure reports

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Date:	Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:45:01 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
CC:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a gfp-translate script to help understand page	allocation
 failure reports

Mel Gorman wrote:

>   mel@...hina:~/linux-2.6 $ scripts/gfp-translate 0x4020
>   Source: /home/mel/linux-2.6
>   Parsing: 0x4020
>   #define __GFP_HIGH	(0x20)	/* Should access emergency pools? */
>   #define __GFP_COMP	(0x4000) /* Add compound page metadata */
> 
> The script is not a work of art but it has come in handy for me a few times
> so I thought I would share.

Sweet.  This is just what I've been waiting for!

> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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