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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 11/17] netvm: Propagate page->pfmemalloc to skb
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    From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
    Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:50:25 +0100

    > The skb->pfmemalloc flag gets set to true iff during the slab
    > allocation of data in __alloc_skb that the the PFMEMALLOC reserves
    > were used. If the packet is fragmented, it is possible that pages
    > will be allocated from the PFMEMALLOC reserve without propagating
    > this information to the skb. This patch propagates page->pfmemalloc
    > from pages allocated for fragments to the skb.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>

    Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>


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