linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selinux: use __GFP_NOWARN with GFP

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhTYeOmJqoyEniXLGMv3cJGBW4_BLc3LhDLBDhQCKtfp7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:13:16 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        John Dias <joaodias@...gle.com>, selinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: use __GFP_NOWARN with GFP_NOWAIT

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 7:06 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed,  9 Jun 2021 09:37:17 -0700 Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> > In the field, we have seen lots of allocation failure from the call path below.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Based on [1], selinux is tolerate for failure of memory allocation.
> > Then, use __GFP_NOWARN together.
> >
>
> Thanks.  I trust that the selinux developers will process this patch.

That's the plan; this is in my review queue for this evening.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com