tree wide: get rid of __GFP_REPEAT for order-0 allocations part I

This is the third version of the patchset previously sent [1].  I have
basically only rebased it on top of 4.7-rc1 tree and dropped "dm: get
rid of superfluous gfp flags" which went through dm tree.  I am sending
it now because it is tree wide and chances for conflicts are reduced
considerably when we want to target rc2.  I plan to send the next step
and rename the flag and move to a better semantic later during this
release cycle so we will have a new semantic ready for 4.8 merge window
hopefully.

Motivation:

While working on something unrelated I've checked the current usage of
__GFP_REPEAT in the tree.  It seems that a majority of the usage is and
always has been bogus because __GFP_REPEAT has always been about costly
high order allocations while we are using it for order-0 or very small
orders very often.  It seems that a big pile of them is just a
copy&paste when a code has been adopted from one arch to another.

I think it makes some sense to get rid of them because they are just
making the semantic more unclear.  Please note that GFP_REPEAT is
documented as

* __GFP_REPEAT: Try hard to allocate the memory, but the allocation attempt

* _might_ fail.  This depends upon the particular VM implementation.
  while !costly requests have basically nofail semantic.  So one could
  reasonably expect that order-0 request with __GFP_REPEAT will not loop
  for ever.  This is not implemented right now though.

I would like to move on with __GFP_REPEAT and define a better semantic
for it.

  $ git grep __GFP_REPEAT origin/master | wc -l
  111
  $ git grep __GFP_REPEAT | wc -l
  36

So we are down to the third after this patch series.  The remaining
places really seem to be relying on __GFP_REPEAT due to large allocation
requests.  This still needs some double checking which I will do later
after all the simple ones are sorted out.

I am touching a lot of arch specific code here and I hope I got it right
but as a matter of fact I even didn't compile test for some archs as I
do not have cross compiler for them.  Patches should be quite trivial to
review for stupid compile mistakes though.  The tricky parts are usually
hidden by macro definitions and thats where I would appreciate help from
arch maintainers.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461849846-27209-1-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org

This patch (of 19):

__GFP_REPEAT has a rather weak semantic but since it has been introduced
around 2.6.12 it has been ignored for low order allocations.  Yet we
have the full kernel tree with its usage for apparently order-0
allocations.  This is really confusing because __GFP_REPEAT is
explicitly documented to allow allocation failures which is a weaker
semantic than the current order-0 has (basically nofail).

Let's simply drop __GFP_REPEAT from those places.  This would allow to
identify place which really need allocator to retry harder and formulate
a more specific semantic for what the flag is supposed to do actually.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464599699-30131-2-git-send-email-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Chen Liqin <liqin.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com> [for tile]
Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Cc: Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@gmail.com>
Cc: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

27 files changed, 47 insertions, 52 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index aab14a019c20..c2ebb6f36c9d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pmd_t *
 pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pmd_t *ret = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pmd_t *ret = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
 static inline pte_t *
 pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 19cfab526d13..20febb368844 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	return (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 1aba19d68c5e..db039cb368be 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline void pgd_ctor(void *x)
  */
 static inline pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PGD, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, pgd_ctor);
+	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PGD, GFP_KERNEL, pgd_ctor);
 }
 
 static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *page;
 	void *pg;
 
-	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (!pg)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 235ece437ddd..42f1affb9c2d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-  	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
  	return pte;
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
index 41907d25ed38..c9ed14f6c67d 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (pte)
 		clear_page(pte);
 	return pte;
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	struct page *page;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM, 0);
 #else
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 #endif
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 77da3b0ae3c2..eeebf862c46c 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	gfp_t flags =  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp_t flags =  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
 	return (pte_t *) __get_free_page(flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
index f9924fbcfe42..fb95aed5f428 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgalloc.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extern const char bad_pmd_string[];
 extern inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long address)
 {
-	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_DMA|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_DMA);
 
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline void __pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgtable_t page,
 static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_DMA|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_DMA, 0);
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (!page)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
index 24bcba496c75..c895b987202c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ad
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (pte) {
 		__flush_page_to_ram(pte);
 		flush_tlb_kernel_page(pte);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addres
 	struct page *page;
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if(!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
index 0931388de47f..1901f61f926f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ do {							\
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	unsigned long page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					unsigned long address)
 {
-        struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+        struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 
 	if (page == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 3104df0a4822..c2caa1ee4360 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT |
-					      __GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				      unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL  | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 61436d69775c..7c89390c0c13 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *ptepage;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_REPEAT;
+	int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM;
 #else
-	int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT;
+	int flags = GFP_KERNEL;
 #endif
 
 	ptepage = alloc_pages(flags, 0);
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
index 4f4520e779a5..eb99fcc76088 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ __init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 	if (mem_init_done) {
-		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL |
-					__GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	} else {
 		pte = (pte_t *)early_get_page();
 		if (pte)
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
index e77a7c728081..9577cf768875 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void set_pmd_pfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t flags)
 
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (pte)
 		clear_page(pte);
 	return pte;
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	struct page *pte;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM, 0);
 #else
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 #endif
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 21484e5b9e9a..87eebd185089 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					 unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT, 0);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	clear_page(page_address(pte));
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c
index 62b08ef392be..5b2a95116e8f 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pte_t __init_refok *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (likely(mem_init_done)) {
-		pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+		pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	} else {
 		pte = (pte_t *) alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE);
 #if 0
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index f2fd327dce2e..52c3defb40c9 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte)
 static inline pgtable_t
 pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 static inline pte_t *
 pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte_t *pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
index 488279edb1f0..049b80359db6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pmd_pgtable(pmd_t pmd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h
index 069369f6414b..8a8a7d991249 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgalloc.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index bf7bf32b54f8..7f922f557936 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ __init_refok pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long add
 	pte_t *pte;
 
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
-		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+		pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	} else {
 		pte = __va(memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE));
 		if (pte)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *ptepage;
 
-	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
 
 	ptepage = alloc_pages(flags, 0);
 	if (!ptepage)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index e009e0604a8a..f5e8d4edb808 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ static pte_t *get_from_cache(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static pte_t *__alloc_for_cache(struct mm_struct *mm, int kernel)
 {
 	void *ret = NULL;
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK |
-				       __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!kernel && !pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index a33673b3687d..f3f42c84c40f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					  unsigned long address)
 {
-	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	struct page *page;
 	void *pg;
 
-	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, NULL);
+	pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (!pg)
 		return NULL;
 	page = virt_to_page(pg);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 14bb0d5ed3c6..aec508e37490 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2704,8 +2704,7 @@ void __flush_tlb_all(void)
 pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			    unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK |
-				       __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
 	pte_t *pte = NULL;
 
 	if (page)
@@ -2717,8 +2716,7 @@ pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			unsigned long address)
 {
-	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK |
-				       __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO);
+	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
index b2a2dff50b4e..e7437ec62710 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO);
+	pte = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index bf7f8b55b0f9..574c23cf761a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL |  __GFP_ZERO, 0);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_pmd_page_ctor(page)) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline void pgd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, pud_t *pud)
 
 static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return (pud_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	return (pud_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
index cab9f766bb06..dd2a49a8aacc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void * __ref alloc_p2m_page(void)
 	if (unlikely(!slab_is_available()))
 		return alloc_bootmem_align(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	return (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	return (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static void __ref free_p2m_page(void *p)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index d38eb9237e64..1065bc8bcae5 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	int i;
 
-	ptep = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	ptep = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptep)
 		return NULL;
 	for (i = 0; i < 1024; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index d597e432e195..ab19adb07a12 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ aoecmd_init(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* get_zeroed_page returns page with ref count 1 */
-	p = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT);
+	p = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	empty_page = virt_to_page(p);