__GFP_EMERGENCY will allow the allocation to disregard the watermarks, much like PF_MEMALLOC. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- include/linux/gfp.h | 7 ++++++- mm/internal.h | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-git/include/linux/gfp.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-git.orig/include/linux/gfp.h 2006-12-14 10:02:18.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-git/include/linux/gfp.h 2006-12-14 10:02:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -35,17 +35,21 @@ struct vm_area_struct; #define __GFP_HIGH ((__force gfp_t)0x20u) /* Should access emergency pools? */ #define __GFP_IO ((__force gfp_t)0x40u) /* Can start physical IO? */ #define __GFP_FS ((__force gfp_t)0x80u) /* Can call down to low-level FS? */ + #define __GFP_COLD ((__force gfp_t)0x100u) /* Cache-cold page required */ #define __GFP_NOWARN ((__force gfp_t)0x200u) /* Suppress page allocation failure warning */ #define __GFP_REPEAT ((__force gfp_t)0x400u) /* Retry the allocation. Might fail */ #define __GFP_NOFAIL ((__force gfp_t)0x800u) /* Retry for ever. Cannot fail */ + #define __GFP_NORETRY ((__force gfp_t)0x1000u)/* Do not retry. Might fail */ #define __GFP_NO_GROW ((__force gfp_t)0x2000u)/* Slab internal usage */ #define __GFP_COMP ((__force gfp_t)0x4000u)/* Add compound page metadata */ #define __GFP_ZERO ((__force gfp_t)0x8000u)/* Return zeroed page on success */ + #define __GFP_NOMEMALLOC ((__force gfp_t)0x10000u) /* Don't use emergency reserves */ #define __GFP_HARDWALL ((__force gfp_t)0x20000u) /* Enforce hardwall cpuset memory allocs */ #define __GFP_THISNODE ((__force gfp_t)0x40000u)/* No fallback, no policies */ +#define __GFP_EMERGENCY ((__force gfp_t)0x80000u) /* Use emergency reserves */ #define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 20 /* Room for 20 __GFP_FOO bits */ #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((__force gfp_t)((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)) @@ -54,7 +58,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct; #define GFP_LEVEL_MASK (__GFP_WAIT|__GFP_HIGH|__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS| \ __GFP_COLD|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_REPEAT| \ __GFP_NOFAIL|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_NO_GROW|__GFP_COMP| \ - __GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL|__GFP_THISNODE) + __GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL|__GFP_THISNODE| \ + __GFP_EMERGENCY) /* This equals 0, but use constants in case they ever change */ #define GFP_NOWAIT (GFP_ATOMIC & ~__GFP_HIGH) Index: linux-2.6-git/mm/internal.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-git.orig/mm/internal.h 2006-12-14 10:02:52.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-git/mm/internal.h 2006-12-14 10:02:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ static int inline gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER; if (likely(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))) { - if (!in_irq() && (p->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) + if (gfp_mask & __GFP_EMERGENCY) + alloc_flags |= ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS; + else if (!in_irq() && (p->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) alloc_flags |= ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS; else if (!in_interrupt() && unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))) -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html