From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (mail-wi0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3C56B0253 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:48:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wijp15 with SMTP id p15so20136959wij.0 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:48:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de. [195.135.220.15]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i2si39541368wjx.103.2015.08.25.08.48.44 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] mm, page_alloc: Distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd References: <1440418191-10894-1-git-send-email-mgorman@techsingularity.net> <1440418191-10894-8-git-send-email-mgorman@techsingularity.net> From: Vlastimil Babka Message-ID: <55DC8E5B.9050304@suse.cz> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:48:43 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1440418191-10894-8-git-send-email-mgorman@techsingularity.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Mel Gorman , Andrew Morton Cc: Johannes Weiner , Rik van Riel , David Rientjes , Joonsoo Kim , Michal Hocko , Linux-MM , LKML On 08/24/2015 02:09 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: > The first key hazard to watch out for is callers that removed __GFP_WAIT > and was depending on access to atomic reserves for inconspicuous reasons. > In some cases it may be appropriate for them to use __GFP_HIGH. Hm so I think this hazard should be expanded. If such caller comes from interrupt and doesn't use __GFP_ATOMIC, the ALLOC_CPUSET with restrictions taken from the interrupted process will also apply to him? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org