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

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Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 21:13:05 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Cc:     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 25-11-21 21:03:23, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> 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.

I do appreciate your review! No question about that.

I was just surprised by your reaction that your review feedback had been
ignored because I do not think this is the case.

We were in a disagreement and that is just fine. It is quite normal to
disagree. The question is whether that disagreement is fundamental and
poses a roadblock for merging. I definitely do not want and mean to push
anything by force. My previous understanding was that your concerns are
mostly about aesthetics rather than blocking further progress.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs