linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] mm, page_alloc: Distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd

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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:48:43 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] mm, page_alloc: Distinguish between being unable to
 sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd

On 08/24/2015 02:09 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The first key hazard to watch out for is callers that removed __GFP_WAIT
> and was depending on access to atomic reserves for inconspicuous reasons.
> In some cases it may be appropriate for them to use __GFP_HIGH.

Hm so I think this hazard should be expanded. If such caller comes from 
interrupt and doesn't use __GFP_ATOMIC, the ALLOC_CPUSET with 
restrictions taken from the interrupted process will also apply to him?

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