linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] f2fs: introduce f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc to hide the unfailed kmem cache allocation

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Message-ID: <5265F5E6.3000604@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:49:58 +0800
From:	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Kim <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>,
	f2fs <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: introduce f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc to hide the unfailed
 kmem cache allocation

On 10/21/2013 03:24 PM, Gu Zheng wrote:
> +static inline void *f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
> +						gfp_t flags)
> +{
> +	void *entry = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
> +retry:

retry after kmem_cache_alloc?

> +	if (!entry) {
> +		cond_resched();
> +		goto retry;
> +	}
> +
> +	return entry;
> +}

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