netdev - Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to Rx buffer allocation

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:27:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	thomas.lendacky@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to Rx buffer
 allocation

From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:22:12 -0500

> When allocating Rx related buffers, alloc_pages is called using an order
> number that is decreased until successful. A system under stress can
> experience failures during this allocation process resulting in a warning
> being issued. This message can be of concern to end users even though the
> failure is not fatal. Since the failure is not fatal and can occur
> multiple times, the driver should include the __GFP_NOWARN flag to
> suppress the warning message from being issued.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>

Applied, thanks.
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