- * __GFP_NORETRY to avoid oom-killings with high-order allocations -
- * it's better to fall back to vmalloc() than to kill things.
+ * For high order allocations, use __GFP_NORETRY to avoid oom-killing -
+ * it's better to fall back to vmalloc() than to kill things. For small
+ * allocations, just use GFP_KERNEL which will oom kill, thus no need
+ * for vmalloc fallback.