From c82ce3195fd17e57a370e4dc8f36c195b8807b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Konovalov Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:10:22 -0700 Subject: mm: clarify __GFP_ZEROTAGS comment __GFP_ZEROTAGS is intended as an optimization: if memory is zeroed during allocation, it's possible to set memory tags at the same time with little performance impact. Clarify this intention of __GFP_ZEROTAGS in the comment. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cdffde013973c5634a447513e10ec0d21e8eee29.1643047180.git.andreyknvl@google.com Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov Acked-by: Marco Elver Cc: Alexander Potapenko Cc: Andrey Ryabinin Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Evgenii Stepanov Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Peter Collingbourne Cc: Vincenzo Frascino Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/gfp.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/gfp.h') diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 20f6fbe12993..72dc4ca75cf3 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * * %__GFP_ZERO returns a zeroed page on success. * - * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS returns a page with zeroed memory tags on success, if - * __GFP_ZERO is set. + * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS zeroes memory tags at allocation time if the memory itself + * is being zeroed (either via __GFP_ZERO or via init_on_alloc). This flag is + * intended for optimization: setting memory tags at the same time as zeroing + * memory has minimal additional performace impact. * * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN_POISON returns a page which does not need to be poisoned * on deallocation. Typically used for userspace pages. Currently only has an -- cgit v1.2.3