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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 8b2eab9..da7ce87 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct; __GFP_NOFAIL|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_NO_GROW|__GFP_COMP| \ __GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL) +/* GFP_ATOMIC means both !wait (__GFP_WAIT not set) and use emergency pool */ #define GFP_ATOMIC (__GFP_HIGH) #define GFP_NOIO (__GFP_WAIT) #define GFP_NOFS (__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index ce991b1..d41a066 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ restart: * * The caller may dip into page reserves a bit more if the caller * cannot run direct reclaim, or if the caller has realtime scheduling - * policy. + * policy or is asking for __GFP_HIGH memory. GFP_ATOMIC requests will + * set both ALLOC_HARDER (!wait) and ALLOC_HIGH (__GFP_HIGH). */ alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_MIN; if ((unlikely(rt_task(p)) && !in_interrupt()) || !wait) |
