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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index df5d617738e7..7cdf1ac3e32a 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4531,28 +4531,23 @@ static inline bool prepare_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
}
/*
- * __alloc_pages_bulk - Allocate a number of order-0 pages to a list or array
+ * __alloc_pages_bulk - Allocate a number of order-0 pages to an array
* @gfp: GFP flags for the allocation
* @preferred_nid: The preferred NUMA node ID to allocate from
* @nodemask: Set of nodes to allocate from, may be NULL
- * @nr_pages: The number of pages desired on the list or array
- * @page_list: Optional list to store the allocated pages
- * @page_array: Optional array to store the pages
+ * @nr_pages: The number of pages desired in the array
+ * @page_array: Array to store the pages
*
* This is a batched version of the page allocator that attempts to
- * allocate nr_pages quickly. Pages are added to page_list if page_list
- * is not NULL, otherwise it is assumed that the page_array is valid.
+ * allocate nr_pages quickly. Pages are added to the page_array.
*
- * For lists, nr_pages is the number of pages that should be allocated.
- *
- * For arrays, only NULL elements are populated with pages and nr_pages
+ * Note that only NULL elements are populated with pages and nr_pages
* is the maximum number of pages that will be stored in the array.
*
- * Returns the number of pages on the list or array.
+ * Returns the number of pages in the array.
*/
unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid,
nodemask_t *nodemask, int nr_pages,
- struct list_head *page_list,
struct page **page_array)
{
struct page *page;
@@ -4570,7 +4565,7 @@ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid,
* Skip populated array elements to determine if any pages need
* to be allocated before disabling IRQs.
*/
- while (page_array && nr_populated < nr_pages && page_array[nr_populated])
+ while (nr_populated < nr_pages && page_array[nr_populated])
nr_populated++;
/* No pages requested? */
@@ -4578,7 +4573,7 @@ unsigned long alloc_pages_bulk_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int preferred_nid,
goto out;
/* Already populated array? */
- if (unlikely(page_array && nr_pages - nr_populated == 0))
+ if (unlikely(nr_pages - nr_populated == 0))
goto out;
/* Bulk allocator does not support memcg accounting. */
@@ -4660,7 +4655,7 @@ retry_this_zone:
while (nr_populated < nr_pages) {
/* Skip existing pages */
- if (page_array && page_array[nr_populated]) {
+ if (page_array[nr_populated]) {
nr_populated++;
continue;
}
@@ -4679,11 +4674,7 @@ retry_this_zone:
prep_new_page(page, 0, gfp, 0);
set_page_refcounted(page);
- if (page_list)
- list_add(&page->lru, page_list);
- else
- page_array[nr_populated] = page;
- nr_populated++;
+ page_array[nr_populated++] = page;
}
pcp_spin_unlock(pcp);
@@ -4700,14 +4691,8 @@ failed_irq:
failed:
page = __alloc_pages_noprof(gfp, 0, preferred_nid, nodemask);
- if (page) {
- if (page_list)
- list_add(&page->lru, page_list);
- else
- page_array[nr_populated] = page;
- nr_populated++;
- }
-
+ if (page)
+ page_array[nr_populated++] = page;
goto out;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_pages_bulk_noprof);