Re: [patch 2/9] mempool gfp flag

Andrew Morton wrote:

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/gfp.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/gfp.h	2005-04-12 22:26:10.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/gfp.h	2005-04-12 22:26:11.000000000 +1000
@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_NO_GROW	0x2000u	/* Slab internal usage */
 #define __GFP_COMP	0x4000u	/* Add compound page metadata */
 #define __GFP_ZERO	0x8000u	/* Return zeroed page on success */
+#define __GFP_MEMPOOL	0x10000u/* Mempool allocation */

I think I'll rename this to "__GFP_NOMEMALLOC".  Things other then mempool
might want to use this.

Sure, I wasn't set on GFP_MEMPOOL.


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