linux-kernel - Re: page swap allocation error/failure in 2.6.25

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Message-ID: <20080727060701.GA7157@samad.com.au>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:07:01 +1000
From:	Alex Samad <alex@...ad.com.au>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: page swap allocation error/failure in 2.6.25

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 09:40:01AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:20 +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > Hi

[snip]

> 
> 
> Its harmless if it happens sporadically. 
> 
> Atomic order 2 allocations are just bound to go wrong under pressure.
can you point me to any doco that explains this ?

> 
> 

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