diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index c6bd5e24005d..fbbbd8b3eb45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int ena_refill_rx_bufs(struct ena_ring *rx_ring, u32 num)
rc = ena_alloc_rx_page(rx_ring, rx_info,
- __GFP_COLD | GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP);
+ GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP);
if (unlikely(rc < 0)) {
netif_warn(rx_ring->adapter, rx_err, rx_ring->netdev,
"failed to alloc buffer for rx queue %d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
index 45d92304068e..cc1e4f820e64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ again:
order = alloc_order;
/* Try to obtain pages, decreasing order if necessary */
- gfp = GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
+ gfp = GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
while (order >= 0) {
pages = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp, order);
if (pages)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
index 0654e0c76bc2..519ca6534b85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ int aq_ring_rx_fill(struct aq_ring_s *self)
buff->flags = 0U;
buff->len = AQ_CFG_RX_FRAME_MAX;
- buff->page = alloc_pages(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD |
- __GFP_COMP, pages_order);
+ buff->page = alloc_pages(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP, pages_order);
if (!buff->page) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto err_exit;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 9e36319cead6..57853eead4b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static inline void
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct octeon_skb_page_info *skb_pg_info;
- page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+ page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
if (unlikely(!page))
return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index b97a55c827eb..ffead38cf5da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int mlx4_en_fill_rx_buffers(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
if (mlx4_en_prepare_rx_desc(priv, ring,
ring->actual_size,
- GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COLD)) {
+ GFP_KERNEL)) {
if (ring->actual_size < MLX4_EN_MIN_RX_SIZE) {
en_err(priv, "Failed to allocate enough rx buffers\n");
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ static void mlx4_en_refill_rx_buffers(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
do {
if (mlx4_en_prepare_rx_desc(priv, ring,
ring->prod & ring->size_mask,
- GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD |
- __GFP_MEMALLOC))
+ GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_MEMALLOC))
break;
ring->prod++;
} while (likely(--missing));
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
index e118b5f23996..ffb12dc13a5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ static void *nfp_net_rx_alloc_one(struct nfp_net_dp *dp, dma_addr_t *dma_addr)
} else {
struct page *page;
- page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COLD);
+ page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
frag = page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
}
if (!frag) {
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static void *nfp_net_napi_alloc_one(struct nfp_net_dp *dp, dma_addr_t *dma_addr)
} else {
struct page *page;
- page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+ page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
frag = page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
}
if (!frag) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 29fea74bff2e..7b97a9969046 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -1092,8 +1092,7 @@ static int ql_get_next_chunk(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct rx_ring *rx_ring,
{
if (!rx_ring->pg_chunk.page) {
u64 map;
- rx_ring->pg_chunk.page = alloc_pages(__GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP |
- GFP_ATOMIC,
+ rx_ring->pg_chunk.page = alloc_pages(__GFP_COMP | GFP_ATOMIC,
qdev->lbq_buf_order);
if (unlikely(!rx_ring->pg_chunk.page)) {
netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/rx.c
index 6a8406dc0c2b..91097aea6c41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/rx.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int ef4_init_rx_buffers(struct ef4_rx_queue *rx_queue, bool atomic)
do {
page = ef4_reuse_page(rx_queue);
if (page == NULL) {
- page = alloc_pages(__GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP |
+ page = alloc_pages(__GFP_COMP |
(atomic ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL),
efx->rx_buffer_order);
if (unlikely(page == NULL))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
index 42443f434569..0004c50d3c83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int efx_init_rx_buffers(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue, bool atomic)
do {
page = efx_reuse_page(rx_queue);
if (page == NULL) {
- page = alloc_pages(__GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP |
+ page = alloc_pages(__GFP_COMP |
(atomic ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL),
efx->rx_buffer_order);
if (unlikely(page == NULL))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac-desc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac-desc.c
index e9672b1f9968..031cf9c3435a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac-desc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac-desc.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static int xlgmac_alloc_pages(struct xlgmac_pdata *pdata,
dma_addr_t pages_dma;
/* Try to obtain pages, decreasing order if necessary */
- gfp |= __GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
+ gfp |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
while (order >= 0) {
pages = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
if (pages)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
index 437d36289786..50d2b76771b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static int netcp_allocate_rx_buf(struct netcp_intf *netcp, int fdq)
sw_data[0] = (u32)bufptr;
} else {
/* Allocate a secondary receive queue entry */
- page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA | __GFP_COLD);
+ page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA);
if (unlikely(!page)) {
dev_warn_ratelimited(netcp->ndev_dev, "Secondary page alloc failed\n");
goto fail;
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 511f8339fa96..5eec09d63fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ static bool try_fill_recv(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq,
int err;
bool oom;
- gfp |= __GFP_COLD;
do {
if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
err = add_recvbuf_mergeable(vi, rq, gfp);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
index 9e538a59f09d..03e55bca4ada 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ static int mdc_read_page_remote(void *data, struct page *page0)
}
for (npages = 1; npages < max_pages; npages++) {
- page = page_cache_alloc_cold(inode->i_mapping);
+ page = page_cache_alloc(inode->i_mapping);
if (!page)
break;
page_pool[npages] = page;
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c b/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
index 23097cca2674..883bc7bb12c5 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ static int cachefiles_read_backing_file_one(struct cachefiles_object *object,
goto backing_page_already_present;
if (!newpage) {
- newpage = __page_cache_alloc(cachefiles_gfp |
- __GFP_COLD);
+ newpage = __page_cache_alloc(cachefiles_gfp);
if (!newpage)
goto nomem_monitor;
}
@@ -493,8 +492,7 @@ static int cachefiles_read_backing_file(struct cachefiles_object *object,
goto backing_page_already_present;
if (!newpage) {
- newpage = __page_cache_alloc(cachefiles_gfp |
- __GFP_COLD);
+ newpage = __page_cache_alloc(cachefiles_gfp);
if (!newpage)
goto nomem;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index f7e62d9096fe..1a4582b44d32 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
#define ___GFP_HIGH 0x20u
#define ___GFP_IO 0x40u
#define ___GFP_FS 0x80u
-#define ___GFP_COLD 0x100u
#define ___GFP_NOWARN 0x200u
#define ___GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL 0x400u
#define ___GFP_NOFAIL 0x800u
@@ -192,16 +191,12 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
/*
* Action modifiers
*
- * __GFP_COLD indicates that the caller does not expect to be used in the near
- * future. Where possible, a cache-cold page will be returned.
- *
* __GFP_NOWARN suppresses allocation failure reports.
*
* __GFP_COMP address compound page metadata.
*
* __GFP_ZERO returns a zeroed page on success.
*/
-#define __GFP_COLD ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_COLD)
#define __GFP_NOWARN ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOWARN)
#define __GFP_COMP ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_COMP)
#define __GFP_ZERO ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_ZERO)
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 4c6790bb7afb..34ce3ebf97d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -234,15 +234,9 @@ static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc(struct address_space *x)
return __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(x));
}
-static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc_cold(struct address_space *x)
-{
- return __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(x)|__GFP_COLD);
-}
-
static inline gfp_t readahead_gfp_mask(struct address_space *x)
{
- return mapping_gfp_mask(x) |
- __GFP_COLD | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
+ return mapping_gfp_mask(x) | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
}
typedef int filler_t(void *, struct page *);
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index aa1341474916..7c46fd0b8b64 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2672,7 +2672,7 @@ static inline struct page *__dev_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask,
* 4. __GFP_MEMALLOC is ignored if __GFP_NOMEMALLOC is set due to
* code in gfp_to_alloc_flags that should be enforcing this.
*/
- gfp_mask |= __GFP_COLD | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_MEMALLOC;
+ gfp_mask |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_MEMALLOC;
return alloc_pages_node(NUMA_NO_NODE, gfp_mask, order);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 79f6532f8a0b..50697a1d6621 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -467,9 +467,6 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
* Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing
* in one or more of the following additional @flags:
*
- * %__GFP_COLD - Request cache-cold pages instead of
- * trying to return cache-warm pages.
- *
* %__GFP_HIGH - This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools.
*
* %__GFP_NOFAIL - Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index 72162f3a03fa..dbe1bb058c09 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
{(unsigned long)__GFP_ATOMIC, "__GFP_ATOMIC"}, \
{(unsigned long)__GFP_IO, "__GFP_IO"}, \
{(unsigned long)__GFP_FS, "__GFP_FS"}, \
- {(unsigned long)__GFP_COLD, "__GFP_COLD"}, \
{(unsigned long)__GFP_NOWARN, "__GFP_NOWARN"}, \
{(unsigned long)__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL, "__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL"}, \
{(unsigned long)__GFP_NOFAIL, "__GFP_NOFAIL"}, \
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index a917a301e201..bce0464524d8 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ static int enough_free_mem(unsigned int nr_pages, unsigned int nr_highmem)
*/
static inline int get_highmem_buffer(int safe_needed)
{
- buffer = get_image_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD, safe_needed);
+ buffer = get_image_page(GFP_ATOMIC, safe_needed);
return buffer ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ static int swsusp_alloc(struct memory_bitmap *copy_bm,
while (nr_pages-- > 0) {
struct page *page;
- page = alloc_image_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+ page = alloc_image_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!page)
goto err_out;
memory_bm_set_bit(copy_bm, page_to_pfn(page));
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 90a9f261f85f..923fc2ebd74a 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ no_cached_page:
* Ok, it wasn't cached, so we need to create a new
* page..
*/
- page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
+ page = page_cache_alloc(mapping);
if (!page) {
error = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ static int page_cache_read(struct file *file, pgoff_t offset, gfp_t gfp_mask)
int ret;
do {
- page = __page_cache_alloc(gfp_mask|__GFP_COLD);
+ page = __page_cache_alloc(gfp_mask);
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ static struct page *do_read_cache_page(struct address_space *mapping,
repeat:
page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
if (!page) {
- page = __page_cache_alloc(gfp | __GFP_COLD);
+ page = __page_cache_alloc(gfp);
if (!page)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
err = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index, gfp);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f265d37b3152..370b64d03e3f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ retry:
*/
static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
unsigned long count, struct list_head *list,
- int migratetype, bool cold)
+ int migratetype)
{
int i, alloced = 0;
@@ -2358,10 +2358,7 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
* merge IO requests if the physical pages are ordered
* properly.
*/
- if (likely(!cold))
- list_add(&page->lru, list);
- else
- list_add_tail(&page->lru, list);
+ list_add(&page->lru, list);
list = &page->lru;
alloced++;
if (is_migrate_cma(get_pcppage_migratetype(page)))
@@ -2795,7 +2792,7 @@ static inline void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z)
/* Remove page from the per-cpu list, caller must protect the list */
static struct page *__rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *zone, int migratetype,
- bool cold, struct per_cpu_pages *pcp,
+ struct per_cpu_pages *pcp,
struct list_head *list)
{
struct page *page;
@@ -2804,16 +2801,12 @@ static struct page *__rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *zone, int migratetype,
if (list_empty(list)) {
pcp->count += rmqueue_bulk(zone, 0,
pcp->batch, list,
- migratetype, cold);
+ migratetype);
if (unlikely(list_empty(list)))
return NULL;
}
- if (cold)
- page = list_last_entry(list, struct page, lru);
- else
- page = list_first_entry(list, struct page, lru);
-
+ page = list_first_entry(list, struct page, lru);
list_del(&page->lru);
pcp->count--;
} while (check_new_pcp(page));
@@ -2828,14 +2821,13 @@ static struct page *rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *preferred_zone,
{
struct per_cpu_pages *pcp;
struct list_head *list;
- bool cold = ((gfp_flags & __GFP_COLD) != 0);
struct page *page;
unsigned long flags;
local_irq_save(flags);
pcp = &this_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset)->pcp;
list = &pcp->lists[migratetype];
- page = __rmqueue_pcplist(zone, migratetype, cold, pcp, list);
+ page = __rmqueue_pcplist(zone, migratetype, pcp, list);
if (page) {
__count_zid_vm_events(PGALLOC, page_zonenum(page), 1 << order);
zone_statistics(preferred_zone, zone);
diff --git a/mm/percpu-vm.c b/mm/percpu-vm.c
index 15dab691ea70..9158e5a81391 100644
--- a/mm/percpu-vm.c
+++ b/mm/percpu-vm.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void pcpu_free_pages(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
static int pcpu_alloc_pages(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
struct page **pages, int page_start, int page_end)
{
- const gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_COLD;
+ const gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM;
unsigned int cpu, tcpu;
int i;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6cd057b41f34..9c68555bb906 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void *__netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
*/
void *netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
{
- return __netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+ return __netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz, GFP_ATOMIC);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_alloc_frag);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static void *__napi_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
void *napi_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
{
- return __napi_alloc_frag(fragsz, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+ return __napi_alloc_frag(fragsz, GFP_ATOMIC);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_alloc_frag);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index cbf70738ef5f..ae11e4c3516a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ static const struct {
{ "__GFP_ATOMIC", "_A" },
{ "__GFP_IO", "I" },
{ "__GFP_FS", "F" },
- { "__GFP_COLD", "CO" },
{ "__GFP_NOWARN", "NWR" },
{ "__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL", "R" },
{ "__GFP_NOFAIL", "NF" },