linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: drop GFP_NOFAIL mode from alloc_page

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Message-ID: <CAPhsuW4xb1BkfFHmcQtHfswHS88LH7A0+ggLt+ZFn1dpYgwr5g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:34:30 -0700
From: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>, 
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: drop GFP_NOFAIL mode from alloc_page_buffers

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 6:06 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
>
> There is only one called of alloc_page_buffers and it doesn't require
> __GFP_NOFAIL so drop this allocation mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Thanks for the cleanup!

I guess we will take this via the fs tree. So

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>