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Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:38:59 +0800
From:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: add might_sleep() for gigantic page

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Tue 27-12-11 21:21:18, Hillf Danton wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> wrote:
>> > On Fri 23-12-11 21:41:08, Hillf Danton wrote:
>> >> From: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
>> >> Subject: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: add might_sleep() for gigantic page
>> >>
>> >> Like the case of huge page, might_sleep() is added for gigantic page, then
>> >> both are treated in same way.
>> >
>> > Why do we need to call might_sleep here? There is cond_resched in the
>> > loop...
>> >
>>
>> IIUC it is the reason to add... and the comment says
>
> cond_resched calls __might_sleep so there is no reason to call
> might_sleep outside the loop as well.
>
Yes, thanks. And remove it in the huge page case?

Hillf
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