linux-kernel - [patch 1/5] mm: page_alloc: increase __GFP_BITS_SHIFT to include __GFP_OTHER

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:19:15 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 1/5] mm: page_alloc: increase __GFP_BITS_SHIFT to include __GFP_OTHER_NODE

From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

__GFP_OTHER_NODE is used for NUMA allocations on behalf of other
nodes.  It's supposed to be passed through from the page allocator to
zone_statistics(), but it never gets there as gfp_allowed_mask is not
wide enough and masks out the flag early in the allocation path.

The result is an accounting glitch where successful NUMA allocations
by-agent are not properly attributed as local.

Increase __GFP_BITS_SHIFT so that it includes __GFP_OTHER_NODE.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
---
 include/linux/gfp.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index cb40892..3a76faf 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  */
 #define __GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE (__GFP_NOTRACK)
 
-#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 23	/* Room for 23 __GFP_FOO bits */
+#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 24	/* Room for N __GFP_FOO bits */
 #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((__force gfp_t)((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1))
 
 /* This equals 0, but use constants in case they ever change */
-- 
1.7.6

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