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-rw-r--r--mm/mempolicy.c31
-rw-r--r--mm/slab.c4
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0ad0ba3..78e1472 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -795,36 +795,6 @@ static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
return err;
}
-/*
- * Update task->flags PF_MEMPOLICY bit: set iff non-default
- * mempolicy. Allows more rapid checking of this (combined perhaps
- * with other PF_* flag bits) on memory allocation hot code paths.
- *
- * If called from outside this file, the task 'p' should -only- be
- * a newly forked child not yet visible on the task list, because
- * manipulating the task flags of a visible task is not safe.
- *
- * The above limitation is why this routine has the funny name
- * mpol_fix_fork_child_flag().
- *
- * It is also safe to call this with a task pointer of current,
- * which the static wrapper mpol_set_task_struct_flag() does,
- * for use within this file.
- */
-
-void mpol_fix_fork_child_flag(struct task_struct *p)
-{
- if (p->mempolicy)
- p->flags |= PF_MEMPOLICY;
- else
- p->flags &= ~PF_MEMPOLICY;
-}
-
-static void mpol_set_task_struct_flag(void)
-{
- mpol_fix_fork_child_flag(current);
-}
-
/* Set the process memory policy */
static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
nodemask_t *nodes)
@@ -861,7 +831,6 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
}
old = current->mempolicy;
current->mempolicy = new;
- mpol_set_task_struct_flag();
if (new && new->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE &&
nodes_weight(new->v.nodes))
current->il_next = first_node(new->v.nodes);
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 4b17f4c..3db4cb0 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3027,7 +3027,7 @@ out:
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
/*
- * Try allocating on another node if PF_SPREAD_SLAB|PF_MEMPOLICY.
+ * Try allocating on another node if PF_SPREAD_SLAB is a mempolicy is set.
*
* If we are in_interrupt, then process context, including cpusets and
* mempolicy, may not apply and should not be used for allocation policy.
@@ -3259,7 +3259,7 @@ __do_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cache, gfp_t flags)
{
void *objp;
- if (unlikely(current->flags & (PF_SPREAD_SLAB | PF_MEMPOLICY))) {
+ if (current->mempolicy || unlikely(current->flags & PF_SPREAD_SLAB)) {
objp = alternate_node_alloc(cache, flags);
if (objp)
goto out;