linux-kernel - Re: GFP_ATOMIC page allocation failures.

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Message-Id: <200804051206.37394.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Date:	Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:06:37 +1100
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: GFP_ATOMIC page allocation failures.

On Friday 04 April 2008 22:35, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Nick Piggin wrote:

> > But actually developers do sometimes want see the event even if it is
> > relatively infrequent...
>
> You shouldn't frighten the users either. /proc/sys/vm/debug?

Hence changing the message a to make it clear that it is not a
problem if it is infrequent.
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