linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/slub: don't use reserved memory for optimistic try

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Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2017 10:55:30 -0500 (CDT)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
cc:     js1304@...il.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/slub: don't use reserved memory for optimistic
 try

On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Vlastimil Babka wrote:

> I think it's wasteful to do a function call for this, inline definition
> in header would be better (gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed() is different as it
> relies on a rather heavyweight __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags().

Right.