On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:32:23 -0700 (PDT) Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Keshavamurthy, Anil S wrote:
>
> > +static inline void *alloc_pgtable_page(void)
> > +{
> > + return (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +}
>
> Need to pass gfp_t parameter. Repeates a couple of times.
> ...
> Is it not possible here to drop the lock and do the alloc with GFP_KERNEL
> and deal with the resulting race? That is done in other parts of the
> kernel.
> ...
> This may be able to become a GFP_KERNEL alloc since interrupts are enabled
> at this point?
> ...
> GFP_KERNEL alloc possible?
>
Yeah, if there are any callsites at all at which we know that we can
perform a sleeping allocation, Christoph's suggestions should be adopted.
Because even a bare GFP_NOIO is heaps more robust than GFP_ATOMIC, and it
will also reload the free-pages reserves, making subsequent GFP_ATOMIC
allocations more likely to succeed.
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