Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] slab,slub: ignore __GFP_WAIT if we're booting or suspending | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:27:29 +1000 |
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On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 16:59 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Ok... GFP_KERNEL allocations normally don't fail; now they > will. Should we at least force access to atomic reserves in such case?
No. First, code that assumes GFP_KERNEL don't fail is stupid. Any allocation should always be assumed to potentially fail.
Then, if you start failing allocations at boot time, then you aren't going anywhere are you ?
Cheers, Ben.
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