Use __GFP_HIGHMEM in __vmalloc.
Pages allocated with __vmalloc can be allocated in high memory that is not
directly mapped to kernel space, so use __GFP_HIGHMEM just like vmalloc
does. This patch reduces memory pressure slightly because pages can be
allocated in the high zone.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
- ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
if (!dmi) {
unsigned noio_flag;
noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
- dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
if (dmi)
*param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC;