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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 18:33:09 +0100
From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
To: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/34] mm: clarify __GFP_ZEROTAGS comment
On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:44 PM <andrey.konovalov@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
>
> __GFP_ZEROTAGS is intended as an optimization: if memory is zeroed during
> allocation, it's possible to set memory tags at the same time with little
> performance impact.
>
> Clarify this intention of __GFP_ZEROTAGS in the comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> ---
> include/linux/gfp.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index b976c4177299..dddd7597689f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
> *
> * %__GFP_ZERO returns a zeroed page on success.
> *
> - * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS returns a page with zeroed memory tags on success, if
> - * __GFP_ZERO is set.
> + * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS zeroes memory tags at allocation time if the memory itself
> + * is being zeroed (either via __GFP_ZERO or via init_on_alloc).
> *
> * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON returns a page which does not need to be poisoned
> * on deallocation. Typically used for userspace pages. Currently only has an
> --
> 2.25.1
>
Hi Peter,
Could you check whether I correctly understood the intention of
__GFP_ZEROTAGS and give your ack on this patch and the next one?
Thanks!
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