linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Use batched page requests in bulk-allocator

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jul 2021 17:43:24 +0200
From:   Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...ymobile.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Use batched page requests in bulk-allocator

> On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 04:55:47PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > +			if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp))
> > +				cond_resched();
> 
> How does one call vmalloc() with gfp flags that _don't_ allow blocking?
> They have to allow a GFP_KERNEL allocation of the page tables.
> So I think this should be an unconditional cond_resched().
Historically it is there. I decided to align with below code. But i agree
vmalloc is sleepable anyway, so blocking is supposed.

OK, i will respin and send out two patches. 

--
Vlad Rezki