linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 07/12] mm: introduce __GFP

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2015 21:02:05 +0800
From:	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
To:	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<nao.horiguchi@...il.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Xiexiuqi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>,
	Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
CC:	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 07/12] mm: introduce __GFP_MIRROR to allocate mirrored
 pages

This patch introduces a new gfp flag called "__GFP_MIRROR", it is used to
allocate mirrored pages through buddy system.

Signed-off-by: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
---
 include/linux/gfp.h | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 15928f0..89d0091 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define ___GFP_NO_KSWAPD	0x400000u
 #define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE	0x800000u
 #define ___GFP_WRITE		0x1000000u
+#define ___GFP_MIRROR		0x2000000u
 /* If the above are modified, __GFP_BITS_SHIFT may need updating */
 
 /*
@@ -95,13 +96,15 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_OTHER_NODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_OTHER_NODE) /* On behalf of other node */
 #define __GFP_WRITE	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE)	/* Allocator intends to dirty page */
 
+#define __GFP_MIRROR	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_MIRROR)	/* Allocate mirrored memory */
+
 /*
  * This may seem redundant, but it's a way of annotating false positives vs.
  * allocations that simply cannot be supported (e.g. page tables).
  */
 #define __GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE (__GFP_NOTRACK)
 
-#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 25	/* Room for N __GFP_FOO bits */
+#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 26	/* 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 */
-- 
2.0.0


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