Re: Linux 2.6.10-rc2

[Andrew Morton]

Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'd like to get included that patch to restore the buffer of memory
>  reserved for GFP_ATOMIC allocations (ie. the difference between GFP_KERNEL
>  and GFP_ATOMIC allocations).
> 
>  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.10-rc1/2.6.10-rc1-mm5/broken-out/mm-restore-atomic-buffer.patch
> 
>  It is not actually a regression versus 2.6.9 (it is vs 2.6.8), although I
>  think it is responsible for the increased reports of page allocation failures.
> 
>  It would be nice to let it have more testing in -mm first, but OTOH if we
>  _really_ want it in 2.6.10 it would make sense to merge it ASAP so it can get
>  wider testing.
> 
>  Any feelings on the matter yet, Andrew? Or were you thinking it would be OK for
>  post 2.6.10?

That one should be in 2.6.10, yes.
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