linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/vmalloc: Remove gfpflags_allow

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jul 2021 16:43:51 +0200
From:   Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
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>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...ymobile.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/vmalloc: Remove gfpflags_allow_blocking() check

On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 10:51:22AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 05-07-21 19:05:37, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > Get rid of gfpflags_allow_blocking() check from the vmalloc() path
> > as it is supposed to be sleepable anyway. Thus remove it from the
> > alloc_vmap_area() as well as from the vm_area_alloc_pages().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> 

Thanks!

--
Vlad Rezki