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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index 718154debc87..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; @@ -382,7 +385,8 @@ void *kvmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) if (ret || size <= PAGE_SIZE) return ret; - return __vmalloc_node_flags(size, node, flags); + return __vmalloc_node_flags_caller(size, node, flags, + __builtin_return_address(0)); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kvmalloc_node); |
