linux-kernel - Re: [patch -mmotm] mm: invoke oom killer for __GFP

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Message-Id: <20090511162900.f372edd1.minchan.kim@barrios-desktop>
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 16:29:00 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch -mmotm] mm: invoke oom killer for __GFP_NOFAIL

Hi, David. 

On Sat, 9 May 2009 15:46:39 -0700 (PDT)
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:

> The oom killer must be invoked regardless of the order if the allocation
> is __GFP_NOFAIL, otherwise it will loop forever when reclaim fails to
> free some memory.
>

Hmm.. if __alloc_pages_may_oom fail to allocate free page due to order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTRY_ORDER,

It will go to nopage label in __alloc_pages_slowpath.
Then it will show the page allocation failure warning and will return. 
Retrying depends on caller. 

So, I think it won't loop forever. 
Do I miss something ?

In addition, the OOM killer can help for getting the high order pages ?
 
-- 
Kinds Regards
Minchan Kim
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