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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/inode.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/inode.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops; mapping->host = inode; mapping->flags = 0; - mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER); + mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_PAGECACHE); mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL; mapping->backing_dev_info = &default_backing_dev_info; @@ -519,7 +519,13 @@ repeat: * new_inode - obtain an inode * @sb: superblock * - * Allocates a new inode for given superblock. + * Allocates a new inode for given superblock. The default gfp_mask + * for allocations related to inode->i_mapping is GFP_HIGHUSER_PAGECACHE. + * If HIGHMEM pages are unsuitable or it is known that pages allocated + * for the page cache are not reclaimable or migratable, + * mapping_set_gfp_mask() must be called with suitable flags on the + * newly created inode's mapping + * */ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb) { |