On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:28:57 +0900 Minchan Kim <minc...@kernel.org> wrote:
> > What's the reasoning behind the modification to the gfp flags? > > > > It clears __GFP_FS, __GFP_IO and even __GFP_WAIT. I suspect the latter > > two (at least) can be retained. And given that vmalloc() uses > > This function is used in swapout and fs write path so we couldn't use > those flags. We can use __GFP_RECLAIM (used to be __GFP_WAIT). That permits the allocation to wait for in-flight IO to complete and to reclaim clean pagecache. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
