On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:07:51 -0700 Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then there are some other flags. I am wondering why they are in > GFP_LEVEL_MASK? > > __GFP_COLD Does not make sense for slab allocators since we have > to touch the page immediately. > > __GFP_COMP No effect. Added by the page allocator on their own > if a higher order allocs are used for a slab. > > __GFP_MOVABLE The movability of a slab is determined by the > options specified at kmem_cache_create time. If this is > specified at kmalloc time then we will have some random > slabs movable and others not. Yes, they seem inappropriate. Especially the first two. - 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/
