linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] kmemleaak: survive in a low-memory situation

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Date:   Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:00:50 +0000
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
        mhocko@...nel.org, penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
        iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kmemleaak: survive in a low-memory situation

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019, Qian Cai wrote:

> +	if (!object) {
> +		/*
> +		 * The tracked memory was allocated successful, if the kmemleak
> +		 * object failed to allocate for some reasons, it ends up with
> +		 * the whole kmemleak disabled, so let it success at all cost.

"let it succeed at all costs"

> +		 */
> +		gfp = (in_atomic() || irqs_disabled()) ? GFP_ATOMIC :
> +		       gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp) | __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
> +		object = kmem_cache_alloc(object_cache, gfp);
> +	}
> +
>  	if (!object) {

If the alloc must succeed then this check is no longer necessary.