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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] slab,slub: ignore __GFP_WAIT if we're booting or suspending

* Pekka J Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:

> index 3964d3c..6387c19 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -1548,6 +1548,20 @@ new_slab:
> goto load_freelist;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Lets not wait if we're booting up or suspending even if the user
> + * asks for it.
> + */
> + if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING)
> + gfpflags &= ~__GFP_WAIT;

Hiding that bug like that is not particularly clean IMO. We should
not let system_state hacks spread like that.

We emit a debug warning but dont crash, so all should be fine and
the culprits can then be fixed, right?

Ingo


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