linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm/vmalloc: add support for __GFP

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Message-ID: <YZ/sC/N+fHUREjo0@pc638.lan>
Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 21:03:23 +0100
From:   Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Cc:     Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm/vmalloc: add support for __GFP_NOFAIL

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 08:24:04PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 25-11-21 19:02:09, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> [...]
> > Therefore i root for simplification and OOM related concerns :) But
> > maybe there will be other opinions.
> 
> I have to say that I disagree with your view. I am not sure we have
> other precedence where an allocator would throw away the primary
> allocation just because a metadata allocation failure.
> 
Well, i tried to do some code review and raised some concerns and
proposals. If you do not agree, then of course i will not be arguing
here.

--
Vlad Rezki