linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/19] x86/efi: get rid of superfluous __GFP

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:53:47 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/19] x86/efi: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

On Mon, 11 Apr, at 01:07:56PM, 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.
> 
> efi_alloc_page_tables uses __GFP_REPEAT but it allocates an order-0
> page. This means that this flag has never been actually useful here
> because it has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.
> 
> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
> Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Looks fine. I suspect I copied it from other pgtable creation code,

Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>