Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ion: Use low_order_gfp_flags for smaller allocations

From: jing xia
Date: Wed Feb 13 2019 - 21:09:10 EST


Thanks.

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:27 AM Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2/11/19 11:09 PM, Jing Xia wrote:
> > gfp_flags is always set high_order_gfp_flags even if allocations of
> > order 0 are made.But for smaller allocations, the system should be able
> > to reclaim some memory.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jing Xia <jing.xia@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Yuming Han <yuming.han@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> > index 0383f75..20f2103 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> > @@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ static void ion_system_heap_destroy_pools(struct ion_page_pool **pools)
> > static int ion_system_heap_create_pools(struct ion_page_pool **pools)
> > {
> > int i;
> > - gfp_t gfp_flags = low_order_gfp_flags;
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < NUM_ORDERS; i++) {
> > struct ion_page_pool *pool;
> > + gfp_t gfp_flags = low_order_gfp_flags;
> >
> > if (orders[i] > 4)
> > gfp_flags = high_order_gfp_flags;
> >
>
> This was already submitted in
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1549004386-38778-1-git-send-email-saberlily.xia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
> (I'm also very behind on Ion e-mail and need to catch up...)
>
> Laura