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Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:39:52 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
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 27-12-11 21:38:59, Hillf Danton wrote:
> 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?

Yes, makes sense.

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