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  [PATCH 0/19] get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
    [PATCH 12/17] sparc: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 12/17] sparc: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-05-30 20:30 +0200
    [PATCH 14/17] sh: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
    [PATCH 17/17] jbd2: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 17/17] jbd2: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2016-05-30 15:10 +0200
    [PATCH 07/17] mips: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
    [PATCH 10/17] score: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
    [PATCH 01/17] tree wide: get rid of __GFP_REPEAT for order-0 allocations part I Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200
    [PATCH 06/17] arc: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-05-30 11:20 +0200

#1408924 — [PATCH 0/19] get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

Hi,
this is the thrid version of the patchset previously sent [1]. I have
basically only rebased it on top of 4.7-rc1 tree and dropped "dm: get
rid of superfluous gfp flags" which went through dm tree. I am sending
it now because it is tree wide and chances for conflicts are reduced
considerably when we want to target rc2.  I plan to send the next step
and rename the flag and move to a better semantic later during this
release cycle so we will have a new semantic ready for 4.8 merge window
hopefully.

Motivation:
While working on something unrelated I've checked the current usage
of __GFP_REPEAT in the tree. It seems that a majority of the usage is
and always has been bogus because __GFP_REPEAT has always been about
costly high order allocations while we are using it for order-0 or very
small orders very often. It seems that a big pile of them is just a
copy&paste when a code has been adopted from one arch to another.

I think it makes some sense to get rid of them because they are just
making the semantic more unclear. Please note that GFP_REPEAT is
documented as
 * __GFP_REPEAT: Try hard to allocate the memory, but the allocation attempt
 *   _might_ fail.  This depends upon the particular VM implementation.
while !costly requests have basically nofail semantic. So one could
reasonably expect that order-0 request with __GFP_REPEAT will not loop
for ever. This is not implemented right now though.

I would like to move on with __GFP_REPEAT and define a better
semantic for it.

$ git grep __GFP_REPEAT origin/master | wc -l
111
$ git grep __GFP_REPEAT | wc -l
36

So we are down to the third after this patch series. The remaining places
really seem to be relying on __GFP_REPEAT due to large allocation requests.
This still needs some double checking which I will do later after all the
simple ones are sorted out.

I am touching a lot of arch specific code here and I hope I got it right
but as a matter of fact I even didn't compile test for some archs as I
do not have cross compiler for them. Patches should be quite trivial to
review for stupid compile mistakes though. The tricky parts are usually
hidden by macro definitions and thats where I would appreciate help from
arch maintainers.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461849846-27209-1-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org

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#1408925 — [PATCH 12/17] sparc: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.

{pud,pmd}_alloc_one is using __GFP_REPEAT but it always allocates from
pgtable_cache which is initialzed to PAGE_SIZE objects. This means that
this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been
used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
index 5e3187185b4a..3529f1378cd8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ static inline void __pud_populate(pud_t *pud, pmd_t *pmd)
 
 static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache,
-				GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
 
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache,
-				GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
-- 
2.8.1

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#1409311 — Re: [PATCH 12/17] sparc: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 11:14:54 +0200

> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> 
> __GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
> around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.
> 
> {pud,pmd}_alloc_one is using __GFP_REPEAT but it always allocates from
> pgtable_cache which is initialzed to PAGE_SIZE objects. This means that
> this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been
> used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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#1408926 — [PATCH 14/17] sh: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.

PGALLOC_GFP uses __GFP_REPEAT but {pgd,pmd}_alloc allocate from
{pgd,pmd}_cache but both caches are allocating up to PAGE_SIZE
objects. This means that this flag has never been actually useful here
because it has always been used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.

Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c
index 26e03a1f7ca4..a62bd8696779 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-#define PGALLOC_GFP GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO
+#define PGALLOC_GFP GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO
 
 static struct kmem_cache *pgd_cachep;
 #if PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 2
-- 
2.8.1

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#1408927 — [PATCH 17/17] jbd2: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

jbd2_alloc is explicit about its allocation preferences wrt. the
allocation size. Sub page allocations go to the slab allocator
and larger are using either the page allocator or vmalloc. This
is all good but the logic is unnecessarily complex.
1) as per Ted, the vmalloc fallback is a left-over:
: jbd2_alloc is only passed in the bh->b_size, which can't be >
: PAGE_SIZE, so the code path that calls vmalloc() should never get
: called.  When we conveted jbd2_alloc() to suppor sub-page size
: allocations in commit d2eecb039368, there was an assumption that it
: could be called with a size greater than PAGE_SIZE, but that's
: certaily not true today.
Moreover vmalloc allocation might even lead to a deadlock because
the callers expect GFP_NOFS context while vmalloc is GFP_KERNEL.

2) __GFP_REPEAT for requests <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER is ignored
since the flag was introduced.

Let's simplify the code flow and use the slab allocator for sub-page
requests and the page allocator for others. Even though order > 0 is
not currently used as per above leave that option open.

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/journal.c | 32 +++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index b31852f76f46..e3ca4b4cac84 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -2329,18 +2329,10 @@ void *jbd2_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 
 	BUG_ON(size & (size-1)); /* Must be a power of 2 */
 
-	flags |= __GFP_REPEAT;
-	if (size == PAGE_SIZE)
-		ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, 0);
-	else if (size > PAGE_SIZE) {
-		int order = get_order(size);
-
-		if (order < 3)
-			ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, order);
-		else
-			ptr = vmalloc(size);
-	} else
+	if (size < PAGE_SIZE)
 		ptr = kmem_cache_alloc(get_slab(size), flags);
+	else
+		ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, get_order(size));
 
 	/* Check alignment; SLUB has gotten this wrong in the past,
 	 * and this can lead to user data corruption! */
@@ -2351,20 +2343,10 @@ void *jbd2_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 
 void jbd2_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
-	if (size == PAGE_SIZE) {
-		free_pages((unsigned long)ptr, 0);
-		return;
-	}
-	if (size > PAGE_SIZE) {
-		int order = get_order(size);
-
-		if (order < 3)
-			free_pages((unsigned long)ptr, order);
-		else
-			vfree(ptr);
-		return;
-	}
-	kmem_cache_free(get_slab(size), ptr);
+	if (size < PAGE_SIZE)
+		kmem_cache_free(get_slab(size), ptr);
+	else
+		free_pages((unsigned long)ptr, get_order(size));
 };
 
 /*
-- 
2.8.1

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#1409092 — Re: [PATCH 17/17] jbd2: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

On Mon 30-05-16 11:14:59, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> 
> jbd2_alloc is explicit about its allocation preferences wrt. the
> allocation size. Sub page allocations go to the slab allocator
> and larger are using either the page allocator or vmalloc. This
> is all good but the logic is unnecessarily complex.
> 1) as per Ted, the vmalloc fallback is a left-over:
> : jbd2_alloc is only passed in the bh->b_size, which can't be >
> : PAGE_SIZE, so the code path that calls vmalloc() should never get
> : called.  When we conveted jbd2_alloc() to suppor sub-page size
> : allocations in commit d2eecb039368, there was an assumption that it
> : could be called with a size greater than PAGE_SIZE, but that's
> : certaily not true today.
> Moreover vmalloc allocation might even lead to a deadlock because
> the callers expect GFP_NOFS context while vmalloc is GFP_KERNEL.
> 
> 2) __GFP_REPEAT for requests <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER is ignored
> since the flag was introduced.
> 
> Let's simplify the code flow and use the slab allocator for sub-page
> requests and the page allocator for others. Even though order > 0 is
> not currently used as per above leave that option open.
> 
> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Since the patch is in pretty stable parts of JBD2 I think it is fine to
merge it through Andrew's tree with the rest of the series.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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#1408928 — [PATCH 07/17] mips: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.

pte_alloc_one{_kernel}, pmd_alloc_one allocate PTE_ORDER resp. PMD_ORDER
but both are not larger than 1. This means that this flag has never
been actually useful here because it has always been used only for
PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.

Cc: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index b336037e8768..93c079a1cfc8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER);
+	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER);
 
 	return pte;
 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, PTE_ORDER);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PTE_ORDER);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	clear_highpage(pte);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 
-	pmd = (pmd_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, PMD_ORDER);
+	pmd = (pmd_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PMD_ORDER);
 	if (pmd)
 		pmd_init((unsigned long)pmd, (unsigned long)invalid_pte_table);
 	return pmd;
-- 
2.8.1

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#1408931 — [PATCH 10/17] score: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.

pte_alloc_one{_kernel} allocate PTE_ORDER which is 0. This means that
this flag has never been actually useful here because it has always been
used only for PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.

Cc: Chen Liqin <liqin.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 arch/score/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/score/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 2e067657db98..49b012d78c1a 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO,
-					PTE_ORDER);
+	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER);
 
 	return pte;
 }
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, PTE_ORDER);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PTE_ORDER);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	clear_highpage(pte);
-- 
2.8.1

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#1408932 — [PATCH 01/17] tree wide: get rid of __GFP_REPEAT for order-0 allocations part I

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations. Yet we have
the full kernel tree with its usage for apparently order-0 allocations.
This is really confusing because __GFP_REPEAT is explicitly documented
to allow allocation failures which is a weaker semantic than the current
order-0 has (basically nofail).

Let's simply drop __GFP_REPEAT from those places. This would allow
to identify place which really need allocator to retry harder and
formulate a more specific semantic for what the flag is supposed to do
actually.

Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h             | 4 ++--
 arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h               | 2 +-
 arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h             | 6 +++---
 arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h              | 4 ++--
 arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c                        | 6 +++---
 arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h           | 4 ++--
 arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h          | 4 ++--
 arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h     | 4 ++--
 arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h         | 4 ++--
 arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h             | 5 ++---
 arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h        | 4 ++--
 arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c                 | 3 +--
 arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c                    | 6 +++---
 arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h          | 2 +-
 arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c                   | 2 +-
 arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h            | 4 ++--
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h | 2 +-
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h | 2 +-
 arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c                 | 4 ++--
 arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c                 | 3 +--
 arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h                | 4 ++--
 arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c                      | 6 ++----
 arch/um/kernel/mem.c                         | 4 ++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h               | 4 ++--
 arch/x86/xen/p2m.c                           | 2 +-
 arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h            | 2 +-
 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c                   | 2 +-
 27 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index aab14a019c20..c2ebb6f36c9d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pmd_t *
 pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pmd_t *ret = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pmd_t *ret = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
 static inline pte_t *
 pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 19cfab526d13..20febb368844 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	return (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 1aba19d68c5e..db039cb368be 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline void pgd_ctor(void *x)
  */
 static inline pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PGD, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, pgd_ctor);
+	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PGD, GFP_KERNEL, pgd_ctor);
 }
 
 static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *page;
 	void *pg;
 
-	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (!pg)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 235ece437ddd..42f1affb9c2d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-  	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
  	return pte;
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
index 41907d25ed38..c9ed14f6c67d 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (pte)
 		clear_page(pte);
 	return pte;
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	struct page *page;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM, 0);
 #else
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 #endif
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 77da3b0ae3c2..eeebf862c46c 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	gfp_t flags =  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp_t flags =  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
 	return (pte_t *) __get_free_page(flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
index f9924fbcfe42..fb95aed5f428 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extern const char bad_pmd_string[];
 extern inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long address)
 {
-	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_DMA|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_DMA);
 
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline void __pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgtable_t page,
 static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_DMA|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_DMA, 0);
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (!page)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
index 24bcba496c75..c895b987202c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ad
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (pte) {
 		__flush_page_to_ram(pte);
 		flush_tlb_kernel_page(pte);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addres
 	struct page *page;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if(!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
index 0931388de47f..1901f61f926f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ do {							\
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					unsigned long address)
 {
-        struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+        struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 
 	if (page == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 3104df0a4822..c2caa1ee4360 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT |
-					      __GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				      unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL  | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 61436d69775c..7c89390c0c13 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *ptepage;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_REPEAT;
+	int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM;
 #else
-	int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT;
+	int flags = GFP_KERNEL;
 #endif
 
 	ptepage = alloc_pages(flags, 0);
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
index 4f4520e779a5..eb99fcc76088 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ __init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 	if (mem_init_done) {
-		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL |
-					__GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	} else {
 		pte = (pte_t *)early_get_page();
 		if (pte)
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
index e77a7c728081..9577cf768875 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void set_pmd_pfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t flags)
 
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (pte)
 		clear_page(pte);
 	return pte;
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	struct page *pte;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM, 0);
 #else
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 #endif
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 21484e5b9e9a..87eebd185089 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					 unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	clear_page(page_address(pte));
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c
index 62b08ef392be..5b2a95116e8f 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pte_t __init_refok *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (likely(mem_init_done)) {
-		pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+		pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	} else {
 		pte = (pte_t *) alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE);
 #if 0
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index f2fd327dce2e..52c3defb40c9 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte)
 static inline pgtable_t
 pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 static inline pte_t *
 pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
index 488279edb1f0..049b80359db6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pmd_pgtable(pmd_t pmd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h
index 0c12a3bfe2ab..a50981293d06 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index bf7bf32b54f8..7f922f557936 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ __init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long add
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
-		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	} else {
 		pte = __va(memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE));
 		if (pte)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *ptepage;
 
-	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
 
 	ptepage = alloc_pages(flags, 0);
 	if (!ptepage)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index e009e0604a8a..f5e8d4edb808 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ static pte_t *get_from_cache(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static pte_t *__alloc_for_cache(struct mm_struct *mm, int kernel)
 {
 	void *ret = NULL;
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK |
-				       __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!kernel && !pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index a33673b3687d..f3f42c84c40f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *page;
 	void *pg;
 
-	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (!pg)
 		return NULL;
 	page = virt_to_page(pg);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 652683cb4b4b..fe72d6b23641 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2704,8 +2704,7 @@ void __flush_tlb_all(void)
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			    unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK |
-				       __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
 	pte_t *pte = NULL;
 
 	if (page)
@@ -2717,8 +2716,7 @@ pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK |
-				       __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
index b2a2dff50b4e..e7437ec62710 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index bf7f8b55b0f9..574c23cf761a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL |  __GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_pmd_page_ctor(page)) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline void pgd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, pud_t *pud)
 
 static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return (pud_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	return (pud_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
index cab9f766bb06..dd2a49a8aacc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void * __ref alloc_p2m_page(void)
 	if (unlikely(!slab_is_available()))
 		return alloc_bootmem_align(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	return (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	return (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static void __ref free_p2m_page(void *p)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index d38eb9237e64..1065bc8bcae5 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	int i;
 
-	ptep = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	ptep = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptep)
 		return NULL;
 	for (i = 0; i < 1024; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index d597e432e195..ab19adb07a12 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ aoecmd_init(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* get_zeroed_page returns page with ref count 1 */
-	p = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	p = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	empty_page = virt_to_page(p);
-- 
2.8.1

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#1408933 — [PATCH 06/17] arc: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.

pte_alloc_one_kernel uses __get_order_pte but this is obviously
always zero because BITS_FOR_PTE is not larger than 9 yet the page
size is always larger than 4K.  This means that this flag has never
been actually useful here because it has always been used only for
PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY requests.

Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
 arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 86ed671286df..3749234b7419 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO,
+	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
 					 __get_order_pte());
 
 	return pte;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	pgtable_t pte_pg;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	pte_pg = (pgtable_t)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, __get_order_pte());
+	pte_pg = (pgtable_t)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, __get_order_pte());
 	if (!pte_pg)
 		return 0;
 	memzero((void *)pte_pg, PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
-- 
2.8.1

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