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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index c37653b6843f..b414be387180 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct; #define __GFP_FS ((__force gfp_t)0x80u) /* Can call down to low-level FS? */ #define __GFP_COLD ((__force gfp_t)0x100u) /* Cache-cold page required */ #define __GFP_NOWARN ((__force gfp_t)0x200u) /* Suppress page allocation failure warning */ -#define __GFP_REPEAT ((__force gfp_t)0x400u) /* Retry the allocation. Might fail */ -#define __GFP_NOFAIL ((__force gfp_t)0x800u) /* Retry for ever. Cannot fail */ -#define __GFP_NORETRY ((__force gfp_t)0x1000u)/* Do not retry. Might fail */ +#define __GFP_REPEAT ((__force gfp_t)0x400u) /* See above */ +#define __GFP_NOFAIL ((__force gfp_t)0x800u) /* See above */ +#define __GFP_NORETRY ((__force gfp_t)0x1000u)/* See above */ #define __GFP_COMP ((__force gfp_t)0x4000u)/* Add compound page metadata */ #define __GFP_ZERO ((__force gfp_t)0x8000u)/* Return zeroed page on success */ #define __GFP_NOMEMALLOC ((__force gfp_t)0x10000u) /* Don't use emergency reserves */ diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 88eb59dd7ac6..6965be064a31 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1611,8 +1611,9 @@ nofail_alloc: * Don't let big-order allocations loop unless the caller explicitly * requests that. Wait for some write requests to complete then retry. * - * In this implementation, __GFP_REPEAT means __GFP_NOFAIL for order - * <= 3, but that may not be true in other implementations. + * In this implementation, either order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER or + * __GFP_REPEAT mean __GFP_NOFAIL, but that may not be true in other + * implementations. */ do_retry = 0; if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)) { |