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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-06-20 14:51:56 +0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-06-20 14:51:56 +0300 |
| commit | ff6ccad361df4dfda42b60897cb7e55b3ba13439 (patch) | |
| tree | 69ddf7ec947d47409291a01d54827ce0384c598b /mm/util.c | |
| parent | 3bd30b24efa6b3339e4344a7db39e594f06d5128 (diff) | |
| parent | 41f1830f5a7af77cf5c86359aba3cbd706687e52 (diff) | |
| download | linux-ff6ccad361df4dfda42b60897cb7e55b3ba13439.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'v4.12-rc6' into patchwork
Linux 4.12-rc6
* tag 'v4.12-rc6': (813 commits)
Linux 4.12-rc6
mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas
virtio_balloon: disable VIOMMU support
mm: correct the comment when reclaimed pages exceed the scanned pages
userfaultfd: shmem: handle coredumping in handle_userfault()
mm: numa: avoid waiting on freed migrated pages
swap: cond_resched in swap_cgroup_prepare()
mm/memory-failure.c: use compound_head() flags for huge pages
perf unwind: Report module before querying isactivation in dwfl unwind
fs: pass on flags in compat_writev
objtool: Add fortify_panic as __noreturn function
powerpc/debug: Add missing warn flag to WARN_ON's non-builtin path
USB: gadgetfs, dummy-hcd, net2280: fix locking for callbacks
drm: mxsfb_crtc: Reset the eLCDIF controller
drm/mgag200: Fix to always set HiPri for G200e4 V2
i2c: ismt: fix wrong device address when unmap the data buffer
i2c: rcar: use correct length when unmapping DMA
powerpc/xive: Fix offset for store EOI MMIOs
drm/tegra: Correct idr_alloc() minimum id
drm/tegra: Fix lockup on a use of staging API
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Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index 464df3489903..26be6407abd7 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -357,8 +357,11 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) WARN_ON_ONCE((flags & GFP_KERNEL) != GFP_KERNEL); /* - * Make sure that larger requests are not too disruptive - no OOM - * killer and no allocation failure warnings as we have a fallback + * We want to attempt a large physically contiguous block first because + * it is less likely to fragment multiple larger blocks and therefore + * contribute to a long term fragmentation less than vmalloc fallback. + * However make sure that larger requests are not too disruptive - no + * OOM killer and no allocation failure warnings as we have a fallback. */ if (size > PAGE_SIZE) { kmalloc_flags |= __GFP_NOWARN; |