linux/drivers/misc
Johannes Weiner e97ca8e5b8 mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify
GFP_THISNODE is for callers that implement their own clever fallback to
remote nodes.  It restricts the allocation to the specified node and
does not invoke reclaim, assuming that the caller will take care of it
when the fallback fails, e.g.  through a subsequent allocation request
without GFP_THISNODE set.

However, many current GFP_THISNODE users only want the node exclusive
aspect of the flag, without actually implementing their own fallback or
triggering reclaim if necessary.  This results in things like page
migration failing prematurely even when there is easily reclaimable
memory available, unless kswapd happens to be running already or a
concurrent allocation attempt triggers the necessary reclaim.

Convert all callsites that don't implement their own fallback strategy
to __GFP_THISNODE.  This restricts the allocation a single node too, but
at the same time allows the allocator to enter the slowpath, wake
kswapd, and invoke direct reclaim if necessary, to make the allocation
happen when memory is full.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-03-10 17:26:19 -07:00
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altera-stapl Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2011-10-31 15:42:54 -07:00
c2port c2port: convert class code to use bin_attrs in groups 2013-07-24 15:39:05 -07:00
carma Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2013-11-20 13:20:24 -08:00
cb710 mmc: cb710: drop free_irq for devm_request_irq allocated irq 2013-09-26 13:55:30 -07:00
eeprom Revert "misc: eeprom: sunxi: Add new compatibles" 2014-02-14 11:16:08 -08:00
genwqe misc: genwqe: Fix potential memory leak when pinning memory 2014-02-07 15:24:31 -08:00
ibmasm misc: ibmasm: remove unnecessary pci_set_drvdata() 2013-09-26 09:13:54 -07:00
lis3lv02d misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
mei mei: set client's read_cb to NULL when flow control fails 2014-02-18 10:07:36 -08:00
mic misc: mic: fix possible signed underflow (undefined behavior) in userspace API 2014-02-07 15:30:34 -08:00
sgi-gru drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c: unlocking should be conditional in gru_dump_context() 2014-02-10 16:01:39 -08:00
sgi-xp mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify 2014-03-10 17:26:19 -07:00
ti-st drivers/misc/ti-st: Prefer tty_driver_flush_buffer 2013-12-04 20:23:51 -08:00
vmw_vmci VMCI: fix error handling path when registering guest driver 2014-01-09 16:16:15 -08:00
ad525x_dpot-i2c.c misc: remove use of __devexit 2012-11-21 12:53:32 -08:00
ad525x_dpot-spi.c misc: remove use of __devexit 2012-11-21 12:53:32 -08:00
ad525x_dpot.c drivers: misc: Mark functions as static in ad525x_dpot.c 2013-12-18 16:41:52 -08:00
ad525x_dpot.h Merge branch 'char-misc-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc 2012-01-09 12:08:59 -08:00
apds990x.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
apds9802als.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
arm-charlcd.c misc: arm-charlcd: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED 2013-10-16 12:36:10 -07:00
atmel_pwm.c misc: atmel_pwm: add deferred-probing support 2013-10-29 16:22:57 -07:00
atmel_tclib.c ARM: at91/tc/clocksource: Add 32 bit variant to Timer Counter 2012-03-01 13:38:49 +01:00
atmel-ssc.c Merge 3.11-rc3 into char-misc-next. 2013-07-29 11:50:17 -07:00
bh1770glc.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
bh1780gli.c misc: bh1780: probe from compatible string 2013-10-03 16:02:35 -07:00
bmp085-i2c.c misc: bmp085: Clean up and enable use of interrupt for completion. 2013-12-04 20:23:51 -08:00
bmp085-spi.c misc: bmp085: Clean up and enable use of interrupt for completion. 2013-12-04 20:23:51 -08:00
bmp085.c misc: bmp085: Clean up and enable use of interrupt for completion. 2013-12-04 20:23:51 -08:00
bmp085.h misc: bmp085: Clean up and enable use of interrupt for completion. 2013-12-04 20:23:51 -08:00
cs5535-mfgpt.c cs5535-mfgpt: Fix quotation marks 2013-04-03 11:23:13 -07:00
ds1682.c MISC: convert drivers/misc/* to use module_i2c_driver() 2012-01-24 16:31:49 -08:00
dummy-irq.c treewide: Fix typo in printk 2013-05-28 12:02:13 +02:00
enclosure.c [SCSI] enclosure: fix WARN_ON in dual path device removing 2013-12-02 11:13:14 -08:00
fsa9480.c treewide: fix comments and printk msgs 2014-01-07 15:06:07 +01:00
hmc6352.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
hpilo.c drivers/misc/hpilo: Correct panic when an AUX iLO is detected 2013-08-14 14:46:22 -07:00
hpilo.h misc: hpilo: increase number of max supported channels 2012-06-14 17:22:12 -07:00
ics932s401.c hwmon: Change my email address. 2013-08-27 08:28:01 -07:00
ioc4.c misc: remove use of __devexit 2012-11-21 12:53:32 -08:00
isl29003.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
isl29020.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
Kconfig GenWQE Enable driver 2013-12-18 16:51:15 -08:00
kgdbts.c kgdb/kgdbts: support ppc64 2013-03-02 08:52:17 -06:00
lattice-ecp3-config.c treewide: Fix typo in printk 2013-05-28 12:02:13 +02:00
lkdtm.c drivers: misc: Mark function jp_generic_ide_ioctl() as static in lkdtm.c 2013-12-18 16:41:52 -08:00
Makefile GenWQE Enable driver 2013-12-18 16:51:15 -08:00
pch_phub.c pch_phub: fix error return code in pch_phub_probe() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
phantom.c misc: phantom: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED 2013-10-16 12:36:10 -07:00
pti.c misc: pti: remove unnecessary pci_set_drvdata() 2013-09-26 09:13:54 -07:00
spear13xx_pcie_gadget.c misc: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-06-06 12:54:08 -07:00
sram.c misc: sram: fix error path in sram_probe 2013-07-24 22:54:50 -07:00
ti_dac7512.c drivers: misc: ti_dac7512: add support for DT matching 2013-09-26 09:04:06 -07:00
tifm_7xx1.c tifm: fix error return code in tifm_7xx1_probe() 2013-10-30 10:19:30 -07:00
tifm_core.c tifm: convert bus code to use dev_groups 2013-10-16 18:40:58 -07:00
tsl2550.c Drivers: Misc: tsl2250: fix warnings, unsigned long will never < 0 2013-05-16 18:11:12 -07:00
vmw_balloon.c misc: vmw_balloon: Remove braces to fix build for clang. 2013-08-27 21:51:21 -07:00