From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:04:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm: system wide ALLOC_NO_WATERMARK In-Reply-To: <200708122355.34652.phillips@phunq.net> Message-ID: References: <20070806102922.907530000@chello.nl> <4a5909270708100115v4ad10c4es697d216edf29b07d@mail.gmail.com> <200708122355.34652.phillips@phunq.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Daniel Phillips , Peter Zijlstra , Matt Mackall , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, David Miller , Andrew Morton , Daniel Phillips List-ID: On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > Because we get to the code of interest when we have no memory on the > > buddy free lists... > > Ah wait, that statement is incorrect and may well be the crux of your > misunderstanding. Buddy free lists are not exhausted until the entire > memalloc reserve has been depleted, which would indicate a kernel bug > and imminent system death. I added the call to reclaim where the memory is out. -- 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