netdev - Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: add __GFP_REPEAT to skb allocation call

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Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:37:51 +0300
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>,
	Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>, snanda@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: add __GFP_REPEAT to skb allocation call

Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...omium.org> writes:

> "single skb allocation failure" happens when system is under heavy
> memory pressure.  Add __GFP_REPEAT to skb allocation call so kernel
> attempts to reclaim pages and retry the allocation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...omium.org>

Is this really a proper way to fix the issue? This is the first time I'm
hearing about the flag and there isn't even a single user in
drivers/net. I would like to get confirmation from others that
__GFP_REPEAT is really ok to use in a wireless driver before I can take
this.

-- 
Kalle Valo