linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/28] mm: __GFP

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Message-Id: <20080223000601.d35912d4.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:06:01 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@....uio.no
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/28] mm: __GFP_MEMALLOC

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:46:19 +0100 Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:

> __GFP_MEMALLOC will allow the allocation to disregard the watermarks, 
> much like PF_MEMALLOC.
> 

'twould be nice if the changelog had some explanation of the reason
for this change.
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