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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: use __GFP_NORETRY in the case of GFP_DMA with pci-nommu
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    On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:43:05 +0200
    Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> wrote:

    > On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 05:58:48PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
    > > Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
    > > ---
    > > arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c | 3 +++
    > > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    > >
    > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
    > > index 526b2db..3495f88 100644
    > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
    > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
    > > @@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ nommu_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
    > > if (dma_mask == DMA_24BIT_MASK)
    > > gfp |= GFP_DMA;
    > > again:
    > > + if (gfp & GFP_DMA)
    > > + gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY;
    > > +
    >
    > Huh? Why that? The __GFP_NORETRY is a hint from the caller to the page
    > allocator on how aggressive it should try to allocate memory. I don't
    > think the DMA code should touch those flags unless there is a very very
    > good reason for it.

    The current comment is reasonable for me:

    /* Don't invoke OOM killer or retry in lower 16MB DMA zone */
    if (gfp & __GFP_DMA)
    noretry = 1;


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