On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 00:09 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > Then we can either fixup the slab allocators to mask out __GFP_ZERO, or > > do something like the below. > > > > Personally I like the consistency of adding __GFP_ZERO here (removes > > this odd exception) and just masking it in the sl[aou]b thingies. > > There is another exception for __GFP_DMA.
non of the zone specifiers are > > Anybody else got a preference? > > > #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((__force gfp_t)((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)) > > > > -/* if you forget to add the bitmask here kernel will crash, period */ > > +/* > > + * If you forget to add the bitmask here kernel will crash, period! > > + * > > + * GFP_LEVEL_MASK is used to filter out the flags that are to be passed to > > the > > + * page allocator. > > + * > > GFP_LEVEL_MASK is also used in mm/vmalloc.c. We need a definition that > goes beyond slab allocators. Right, bugger. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
