linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify

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Message-ID: <530CFF1B.8020901@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:37:47 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Jan Stancek <jstancek@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify

On 02/25/2014 03:27 PM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> GFP_THISNODE is for callers that implement their own clever fallback
> to remote nodes, and so no direct reclaim is invoked.  There are many
> current users that only want node exclusiveness but still want reclaim
> to make the allocation happen.  Convert them over to __GFP_THISNODE
> and update the documentation to clarify GFP_THISNODE semantics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>


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