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dm crypt: allocate compound pages if possible
It was reported that allocating pages for the write buffer in dm-crypt
causes measurable overhead [1].
Change dm-crypt to allocate compound pages if they are available. If
not, fall back to the mempool.
[1] https://listman.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2023-February/053284.html
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>