linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab: prevent warnings when allocating with __GFP

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Message-ID: <CAOJsxLE=cw8NqmQhbA0AP-c5ckejxuU-1pX4KyHY0J2HN0iTzA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:03:24 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: prevent warnings when allocating with __GFP_NOWARN

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> __GFP_NOWARN is frequently used by kernel code to probe for "how big an
> allocation can I get".  That's a bit lame, but it's used on slow paths
> and is pretty simple.

Applied to slab/urgent, thanks guys!
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