linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ion: Use low_order_gfp

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Date:   Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:27:29 -0800
From:   Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To:     Jing Xia <jing.xia.mail@...il.com>, sumit.semwal@...aro.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, arve@...roid.com, tkjos@...roid.com,
        maco@...roid.com, joel@...lfernandes.org, christian@...uner.io,
        puck.chen@...ilicon.com
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yuming.han@...soc.com, zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com,
        orson.zhai@...soc.com, wenan.hu@...soc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ion: Use low_order_gfp_flags for
 smaller allocations

On 2/11/19 11:09 PM, Jing Xia wrote:
> gfp_flags is always set high_order_gfp_flags even if allocations of
> order 0 are made.But for smaller allocations, the system should be able
> to reclaim some memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jing Xia <jing.xia@...soc.com>
> Reviewed-by: Yuming Han <yuming.han@...soc.com>
> Reviewed-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>
> Reviewed-by: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@...soc.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> index 0383f75..20f2103 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> @@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ static void ion_system_heap_destroy_pools(struct ion_page_pool **pools)
>   static int ion_system_heap_create_pools(struct ion_page_pool **pools)
>   {
>   	int i;
> -	gfp_t gfp_flags = low_order_gfp_flags;
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < NUM_ORDERS; i++) {
>   		struct ion_page_pool *pool;
> +		gfp_t gfp_flags = low_order_gfp_flags;
>   
>   		if (orders[i] > 4)
>   			gfp_flags = high_order_gfp_flags;
> 

This was already submitted in
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1549004386-38778-1-git-send-email-saberlily.xia@hisilicon.com/T/#u
(I'm also very behind on Ion e-mail and need to catch up...)

Laura