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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
To: Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	42.hyeyoo@gmail.com, cl@linux.com, hch@infradead.org,
	iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, lstoakes@gmail.com, penberg@kernel.org,
	rientjes@google.com, roman.gushchin@linux.dev, urezki@gmail.com,
	v-songbaohua@oppo.com, vbabka@suse.cz,
	virtualization@lists.linux.dev, hailong.liu@oppo.com,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 5/5] non-mm: discourage the usage of __GFP_NOFAIL and encourage GFP_NOFAIL
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:17:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZqDw7qoaopnYt3-P@tiehlicka> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240724085544.299090-6-21cnbao@gmail.com>

On Wed 24-07-24 20:55:44, Barry Song wrote:
> From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
> 
> GFP_NOFAIL includes the meaning of block and direct reclamation, which
> is essential for a true no-fail allocation. We are gradually starting
> to enforce this block semantics to prevent the potential misuse of
> __GFP_NOFAIL in atomic contexts in the future.
> 
> A typical example of incorrect usage is in VDPA, where GFP_ATOMIC
> and __GFP_NOFAIL are used together.

Ohh, so you have done the migration. Please squash those two patches.
Also if we want to preserve clean __GFP_NOFAIL for internal MM use then it
should be moved away from include/linux/gfp_types.h. But is there any
real use for that?

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-07-24 12:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-24  8:55 [PATCH 0/5] mm: clarify nofail memory allocation Barry Song
2024-07-24  8:55 ` [PATCH RFC 1/5] vpda: try to fix the potential crash due to misusing __GFP_NOFAIL Barry Song
2024-07-24 12:26   ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24 22:50     ` Barry Song
2024-07-25  6:08       ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-25  7:00         ` Barry Song
2024-07-29  3:42           ` Jason Wang
2024-07-29  6:05             ` Barry Song
     [not found]               ` <CACGkMEuv4M_NaUQPHH59MPevGoJJoYb70LykcCODD=nUvik3ZQ@mail.gmail.com>
2024-07-30  3:08                 ` Barry Song
2024-07-24  8:55 ` [PATCH 2/5] mm: Document __GFP_NOFAIL must be blockable Barry Song
2024-07-24 11:58   ` Michal Hocko
2024-08-03 23:09   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2024-07-24  8:55 ` [PATCH 3/5] mm: BUG_ON to avoid NULL deference while __GFP_NOFAIL fails Barry Song
2024-07-24 10:03   ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-07-24 10:11     ` Barry Song
2024-07-24 12:10   ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24  8:55 ` [PATCH 4/5] mm: Introduce GFP_NOFAIL with the inclusion of __GFP_RECLAIM Barry Song
2024-07-24 12:12   ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24  8:55 ` [PATCH RFC 5/5] non-mm: discourage the usage of __GFP_NOFAIL and encourage GFP_NOFAIL Barry Song
2024-07-24  9:53   ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-07-24  9:58     ` Barry Song
2024-07-24 13:14       ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-24 12:25     ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24 13:13     ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-24 13:21       ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24 13:23         ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-24 13:31           ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24 13:33             ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-07-24 13:38               ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-24 13:47                 ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-24 13:55                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-24 14:39                     ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-07-24 14:41                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-07-25  1:47                         ` Barry Song
2024-07-29  9:56                           ` Barry Song
2024-07-29 10:03                             ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-07-29 10:16                               ` Barry Song
2024-07-24 12:17   ` Michal Hocko [this message]
2024-07-25  1:38     ` Barry Song
2024-07-25  6:16       ` Michal Hocko
2024-07-26 21:08         ` Davidlohr Bueso
2024-07-29 11:50           ` Michal Hocko
2024-08-03 22:15             ` Davidlohr Bueso
2024-08-05  7:49               ` Michal Hocko

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