netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] rhashtable: Schedule async resize when sync realloc fails

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:10:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] rhashtable: Schedule async resize when sync
 realloc fails

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:36:34 +0800

> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 02:55:34PM +0200, Thomas Graf wrote:
>> When rhashtable_insert_rehash() fails with ENOMEM, this indicates that
>> we can't allocate the necessary memory in the current context but the
>> limits as set by the user would still allow to grow.
>> 
>> Thus attempt an async resize in the background where we can allocate
>> using GFP_KERNEL which is more likely to succeed. The insertion itself
>> will still fail to indicate pressure.
>> 
>> This fixes a bug where the table would never continue growing once the
>> utilization is above 100%.
>> 
>> Fixes: ccd57b1bd324 ("rhashtable: Add immediate rehash during insertion")
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> 
> Good catch.  But I think this call should happen in
> rhashtable_insert_rehash since it's on the slow-path.

Ok, then I expect a respin of this series.
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