Re: [PATCH] add __GFP_ZERO to GFP_LEVEL_MASK

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 03:14:18 EST


On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Personally I like the consistency of adding __GFP_ZERO here (removes
> > this odd exception) and just masking it in the sl[aou]b thingies.

Adds more code. GFP_LEVEL_MASK are the flags passed through to the
page allocator. Neither __GFP_ZERO nor __GFP_DMA are passed through and
therefore they are not part of the GFP_LEVEL_MASK.



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