Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:14:28 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/4] kernel.h: Add non_block_start/end() |
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On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:24:40 +0200 Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> wrote:
> Hi Peter, > > Iirc you've been involved at least somewhat in discussing this. -mm folks > are a bit undecided whether these new non_block semantics are a good idea. > Michal Hocko still is in support, but Andrew Morton and Jason Gunthorpe > are less enthusiastic. Jason said he's ok with merging the hmm side of > this if scheduler folks ack. If not, then I'll respin with the > preempt_disable/enable instead like in v1.
I became mollified once Michel explained the rationale. I think it's OK. It's very specific to the oom reaper and hopefully won't be used more widely(?).
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