Michal Hocko 4f4f2ba9c5 mm: clarify why we want kmalloc before falling backto vmallock ... While converting drm_[cm]alloc* helpers to kvmalloc* variants Chris Wilson has wondered why we want to try kmalloc before vmalloc fallback even for larger allocations requests. Let's clarify that one larger physically contiguous block is less likely to fragment memory than many scattered pages which can prevent more large blocks from being created. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170517080932.21423-1-mhocko@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Suggested-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
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kasan	Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
backing-dev.c	bdi: Drop 'parent' argument from bdi_register[_va]()	2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c
bootmem.c	mm/bootmem.c: cosmetic improvement of code readability	2017-02-22 16:41:29 -08:00
cleancache.c
cma.c	cma: Introduce cma_for_each_area	2017-04-18 20:41:12 +02:00
cma.h	cma: Store a name in the cma structure	2017-04-18 20:41:12 +02:00
cma_debug.c	cma: Store a name in the cma structure	2017-04-18 20:41:12 +02:00
compaction.c	mm, compaction: finish whole pageblock to reduce fragmentation	2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
debug.c	mm, debug: print raw struct page data in __dump_page()	2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c
dmapool.c	lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support	2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c	mm: fadvise: avoid expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED	2016-12-20 09:48:46 -08:00
failslab.c
filemap.c	Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2017-05-09 09:01:21 -07:00
frame_vector.c	treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants	2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
frontswap.c
gup.c	mm/gup.c: fix access_ok() argument type	2017-05-03 15:52:12 -07:00
highmem.c
huge_memory.c	mm/huge_memory.c: deposit a pgtable for DAX PMD faults when required	2017-05-08 17:15:15 -07:00
hugetlb.c	mm/hugetlb.c: don't call region_abort if region_chg fails	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c
hwpoison-inject.c	mm: hwpoison: call shake_page() unconditionally	2017-05-03 15:52:12 -07:00
init-mm.c
internal.h	mm, compaction: finish whole pageblock to reduce fragmentation	2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
interval_tree.c
Kconfig	mm: remove AVR32 arch special handling in mm/Kconfig	2017-05-01 09:36:31 +02:00
Kconfig.debug	mm: enable page poisoning early at boot	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
khugepaged.c	mm, thp: copying user pages must schedule on collapse	2017-05-12 15:57:16 -07:00
kmemcheck.c	mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU	2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c
kmemleak.c	mm: fix section name for .data..ro_after_init	2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
ksm.c	ksm: prevent crash after write_protect_page fails	2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
list_lru.c
maccess.c
madvise.c	mm/madvise: move up the behavior parameter validation	2017-05-03 15:52:11 -07:00
Makefile	mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA	2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
memblock.c	memblock: add memblock_cap_memory_range()	2017-04-05 18:26:50 +01:00
memcontrol.c	hwpoison, memcg: forcibly uncharge LRU pages	2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
memory-failure.c	hwpoison, memcg: forcibly uncharge LRU pages	2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
memory.c	Merge branch 'parisc-4.11-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux into uaccess.parisc	2017-04-02 10:33:48 -04:00
memory_hotplug.c	mm, vmscan: prevent kswapd sleeping prematurely due to mismatched classzone_idx	2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
mempolicy.c	mm/mempolicy.c: fix error handling in set_mempolicy and mbind.	2017-04-08 10:57:55 -07:00
mempool.c
memtest.c
migrate.c	mm: make rmap_one boolean function	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
mincore.c	mm: remove shmem_mapping() shmem_zero_setup() duplicates	2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
mlock.c	mm: make try_to_munlock() return void	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
mm_init.c
mmap.c	mm/mmap: replace SHM_HUGE_MASK with MAP_HUGE_MASK inside mmap_pgoff	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
mmu_context.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
mmu_notifier.c	mm: Use static initialization for "srcu"	2017-04-18 11:38:22 -07:00
mmzone.c	mm/mmzone.c: swap likely to unlikely as code logic is different for next_zones_zonelist()	2017-02-22 16:41:29 -08:00
mprotect.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
mremap.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
msync.c
nobootmem.c
nommu.c	mm, vmalloc: use __GFP_HIGHMEM implicitly	2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
oom_kill.c	oom: improve oom disable handling	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
page-writeback.c	Add GETFSMAP support; some performance improvements for very large	2017-05-08 11:30:05 -07:00
page_alloc.c	mm: introduce memalloc_noreclaim_{save,restore}	2017-05-08 17:15:15 -07:00
page_counter.c
page_ext.c	mm: enable page poisoning early at boot	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
page_idle.c	mm: make rmap_one boolean function	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
page_io.c
page_isolation.c	mm, page_alloc: count movable pages when stealing from pageblock	2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
page_owner.c
page_poison.c	mm: enable page poisoning early at boot	2017-05-03 15:52:10 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c	mm: fix page_vma_mapped_walk() for ksm pages	2017-04-08 00:47:48 -07:00
pagewalk.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
percpu-km.c
percpu-vm.c	percpu: remove unused chunk_alloc parameter from pcpu_get_pages()	2017-03-06 15:56:55 -05:00
percpu.c	Merge branch 'sched/core' into locking/core	2017-04-04 11:31:12 +02:00
pgtable-generic.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
process_vm_access.c	sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/mm.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:28 +01:00
quicklist.c
readahead.c	mm: don't cap request size based on read-ahead setting	2016-12-12 18:55:08 -08:00
rmap.c	Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
rodata_test.c	mm: remove rodata_test_data export, add pr_fmt	2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
shmem.c	Merge branch 'rebased-statx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2017-03-03 11:38:56 -08:00
slab.c	Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip	2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
slab.h	mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU	2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
slab_common.c	mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU	2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
slob.c	mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU	2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
slub.c	mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU	2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
sparse.c	mm/sparse: refine usemap_size() a little	2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
swap.c	mm: move MADV_FREE pages into LRU_INACTIVE_FILE list	2017-05-03 15:52:08 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c	mm, swap_cgroup: reschedule when neeed in swap_cgroup_swapoff()	2017-04-08 00:47:49 -07:00
swap_slots.c	mm, swap: use kvzalloc to allocate some swap data structures	2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
swap_state.c	mm, swap: use kvzalloc to allocate some swap data structures	2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
swapfile.c	mm, swap: use kvzalloc to allocate some swap data structures	2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
truncate.c	mm: fix data corruption due to stale mmap reads	2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
usercopy.c	mm/usercopy: Drop extra is_vmalloc_or_module() check	2017-04-05 12:30:18 -07:00
userfaultfd.c	mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging	2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
util.c	mm: clarify why we want kmalloc before falling backto vmallock	2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
vmacache.c	sched/headers: Prepare to move 'init_task' and 'init_thread_union' from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/task.h>	2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
vmalloc.c	mm, vmalloc: fix vmalloc users tracking properly	2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
vmpressure.c	mm: vmpressure: fix sending wrong events on underflow	2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
vmscan.c	mm: vmscan: scan until it finds eligible pages	2017-05-12 15:57:16 -07:00
vmstat.c	mm, vmstat: Remove spurious WARN() during zoneinfo print	2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
workingset.c	mm: memcontrol: use node page state naming scheme for memcg	2017-05-03 15:52:11 -07:00
z3fold.c	z3fold: fix page locking in z3fold_alloc()	2017-04-13 18:24:20 -07:00
zbud.c
zpool.c
zsmalloc.c	zsmalloc: expand class bit	2017-04-13 18:24:21 -07:00
zswap.c	zswap: don't param_set_charp while holding spinlock	2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00