Can kmalloc( ) with __GFP_WAIT flag fail?

From: Igor Zhbanov
Date: Fri Jun 05 2009 - 06:59:44 EST


Hello!

Can kmalloc( ) fail when invoked with __GFP_WAIT flag (which is
implied by GFP_KERNEL)?
And for what reason it may fail?

Thanks.
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