From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator handle __GFP_ZERO itself
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 17:57:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230526175736.7e75dcf9@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230524153311.3625329-6-dhowells@redhat.com>
On Wed, 24 May 2023 16:33:04 +0100 David Howells wrote:
> Make the page_frag_cache allocator handle __GFP_ZERO itself rather than
> passing it off to the page allocator. There may be a mix of callers, some
> specifying __GFP_ZERO and some not - and even if all specify __GFP_ZERO, we
> might refurbish the page, in which case the returned memory doesn't get
> cleared.
I think it's pretty clear that page frag allocator was never supposed
to support GFP_ZERO, as we don't need it in networking.. So maybe
you're better off adding the memset() in nvme?
CCing Alex, who I think would say something along those lines :)
IDK how much we still care given that most networking drivers are
migrating to page_poll these days.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-27 0:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-24 15:32 [PATCH net-next 00/12] splice, net: Replace sendpage with sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES), part 3 David Howells
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 01/12] mm: Move the page fragment allocator from page_alloc.c into its own file David Howells
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 02/12] mm: Provide a page_frag_cache allocator cleanup function David Howells
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 03/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator alignment param a pow-of-2 David Howells
2023-05-27 15:54 ` Alexander H Duyck
2023-11-30 9:00 ` Yunsheng Lin
2023-06-16 15:28 ` David Howells
2023-06-16 16:06 ` Alexander Duyck
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 04/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator use multipage folios David Howells
2023-05-26 11:56 ` Yunsheng Lin
2023-05-27 15:47 ` Alexander H Duyck
2023-05-26 12:47 ` David Howells
2023-05-26 14:06 ` Mika Penttilä
2023-05-27 0:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 05/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator handle __GFP_ZERO itself David Howells
2023-05-27 0:57 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-05-27 15:54 ` Alexander Duyck
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 06/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator use per-cpu David Howells
2023-05-27 1:02 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 07/12] net: Clean up users of netdev_alloc_cache and napi_frag_cache David Howells
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 08/12] net: Copy slab data for sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) David Howells
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 09/12] tls/sw: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES David Howells
2023-05-27 1:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-05-30 22:26 ` Bug in short splice to socket? David Howells
2023-05-31 0:32 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 10/12] tls/sw: Convert tls_sw_sendpage() to use MSG_SPLICE_PAGES David Howells
2023-05-27 1:13 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 11/12] tls/device: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES David Howells
2023-05-24 15:33 ` [PATCH net-next 12/12] tls/device: Convert tls_device_sendpage() to use MSG_SPLICE_PAGES David Howells
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