linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v2] skbuff: Hide GFP_ATOMIC page allocation failures for dropped packets

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Date:	Tue, 28 May 2013 10:29:45 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, atomlin@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pshelar@...ira.com, mst@...hat.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
	riel@...hat.com, aquini@...hat.com,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v2] skbuff: Hide GFP_ATOMIC page allocation failures for
 dropped packets

On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 09:00 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 05/27/2013 03:41 PM, Francois Romieu wrote:
> > atomlin@...hat.com <atomlin@...hat.com> :
> > [...]
> >> Failed GFP_ATOMIC allocations by the network stack result in dropped
> >> packets, which will be received on a subsequent retransmit, and an
> >> unnecessary, noisy warning with a kernel backtrace.
[]
> > Please don't paper over it just because some shit ends in your backyard.
> We should rate-limit these messages at least.

Already done.
Look in mm/page_alloc:warn_alloc_failed()

void warn_alloc_failed(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order, const char *fmt, ...)
{
	unsigned int filter = SHOW_MEM_FILTER_NODES;

	if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN) || !__ratelimit(&nopage_rs) ||
	    debug_guardpage_minorder() > 0)
		return;


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