linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: gfp_to_alloc

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Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:00:35 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: gfp_to_alloc_flags()

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 12:55 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Subject: mm: gfp_to_alloc_flags()
> From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Date: Mon Feb 23 12:46:36 CET 2009
> 
> Clean up the code by factoring out the gfp to alloc_flags mapping.
> 
> [neilb@...e.de says]
> As the test:
> 
> -       if (((p->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) || unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE)))
> -                       && !in_interrupt()) {
> -               if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)) {
> 
> has been replaced with a slightly weaker one:
> 
> +       if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS) {
> 
> we need to ensure we don't recurse when PF_MEMALLOC is set
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

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