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Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:16:13 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm/page_alloc: fix non cma alloc context
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:56:15 +0900 js1304@gmail.com wrote:

> Currently, preventing cma area in page allocation is implemented by using
> current_gfp_context(). However, there are two problems of this
> implementation.
> 
> First, this doesn't work for allocation fastpath. In the fastpath,
> original gfp_mask is used since current_gfp_context() is introduced in
> order to control reclaim and it is on slowpath.
> Second, clearing __GFP_MOVABLE has a side effect to exclude the memory
> on the ZONE_MOVABLE for allocation target.
> 
> To fix these problems, this patch changes the implementation to exclude
> cma area in page allocation. Main point of this change is using the
> alloc_flags. alloc_flags is mainly used to control allocation so it fits
> for excluding cma area in allocation.

What are the end user visible runtime effects of this change?

This is pretty much essential information when proposing a -stable
backport.