linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] fs: buffer: move allocation failure loop into the allocator

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Date:	Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:40:58 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, azurIt <azurit@...ox.sk>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@...e.fr>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] fs: buffer: move allocation failure loop into the
 allocator

On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Joonsoo Kim wrote:

> Could you review this patch?
> I think that we should merge it to fix the problem reported by Christian.

I'd be fine with clearing __GFP_NOFAIL but not with using the same flags
as for a higher order alloc. __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_NOWARN should be left
untouched for the minimal alloc.

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