linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/page_alloc: fix never set ALLOC

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Message-Id: <20190423120143.f555f77df02a266ba2a7f1fc@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:01:43 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/page_alloc: fix never set ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT flag

On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:08:06 +0300 Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com> wrote:

> Commit 0a79cdad5eb2 ("mm: use alloc_flags to record if kswapd can wake")
> removed setting of the ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT flag. Bring it back.

What are the runtime effects of this fix?