kernel-relay-use-__gfp_zero-in-relay_alloc_buf.patch removed from -mm tree
The quilt patch titled
Subject: kernel: relay: use __GFP_ZERO in relay_alloc_buf
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kernel-relay-use-__gfp_zero-in-relay_alloc_buf.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-nonmm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Elijah Wright <[email protected]>
Subject: kernel: relay: use __GFP_ZERO in relay_alloc_buf
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:56:28 -0700
Passing the __GFP_ZERO flag to alloc_page should result in less overhead th= an using memset()
Signed-off-by Elijah Wright <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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kernel/relay.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
kernel/relay.c renamed from kernel/relay.c~kernel-relay-use-__gfp_zero-in-relay_alloc_buf +1 -2
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static void *relay_alloc_buf(struct rchareturn NULL ;for (i =0 ; i < n_pages; i++) { - buf->page_array[i] =alloc_page (GFP_KERNEL ); + buf->page_array[i] =alloc_page (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);if (unlikely (!buf->page_array[i])) goto depopulate;set_page_private (buf->page_array[i], (unsigned long )buf);
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ static void *relay_alloc_buf(struct rchaif (!mem) goto depopulate; -memset (mem,0 , *size); buf->page_count = n_pages;return mem;
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