Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm/vmalloc: add support for __GFP_NOFAIL

From: Uladzislau Rezki
Date: Thu Nov 25 2021 - 15:05:59 EST


On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 08:24:04PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 25-11-21 19:02:09, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> [...]
> > Therefore i root for simplification and OOM related concerns :) But
> > maybe there will be other opinions.
>
> I have to say that I disagree with your view. I am not sure we have
> other precedence where an allocator would throw away the primary
> allocation just because a metadata allocation failure.
>
Well, i tried to do some code review and raised some concerns and
proposals. If you do not agree, then of course i will not be arguing
here.

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Vlad Rezki