Re: [PATCH V2] mm: Remove unnecessary __GFP_HIGHMEM in __p*d_alloc_one_*()
From: Kevin Brodsky
Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 12:15:39 EST
On 09/11/2025 02:18, Huacai Chen wrote:
> __{pgd,p4d,pud,pmd,pte}_alloc_one_*() always allocate pages with GFP
> flag GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL/GFP_PGTABLE_USER. These two macros are defined
> as follows:
>
> #define GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO)
> #define GFP_PGTABLE_USER (GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL | __GFP_ACCOUNT)
>
> There is no __GFP_HIGHMEM in them, so we needn't to clear __GFP_HIGHMEM
Nit: "needn't clear" (or simply "don't need to")
> explicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
- Kevin