Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:33:11 +0900 | From | Sergey Senozhatsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] zram: try vmalloc() after kmalloc() |
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On (12/01/15 16:15), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > On (12/01/15 15:35), Kyeongdon Kim wrote: > [..] > > @test #4 > > kmalloc(f) > > __vmalloc(f) > > // cannot find failure both until now > > > > log message (test #4) : > > <4>[ 641.440468][7] KDKIM: zcomp_lz4_create: 24: ret = ffffffc002190000 > > <snip> > > <4>[ 922.182980][7] KDKIM: zcomp_lz4_create: 24: ret = ffffffc002208000 > > <snip> > > <4>[ 923.197593][7] KDKIM: zcomp_lz4_create: 24: ret = ffffffc002020000 > > <snip> > > <4>[ 939.813499][7] KDKIM: zcomp_lz4_create: 24: ret = ffffffc0020a0000 > > Thanks! > > > So,is there another problem if we remove the flag from both sides? > > > > Technically, '~__GFP_NOMEMALLOC' is what we've been doing for some time (well, > always); and, as Minchan noted, zsmalloc does not depend on emergency pools. > > I vote for removal of __GFP_NOMEMALLOC from both kmalloc() and __vmalloc(). >
um.. which is very close to "remove vmalloc() fallback and use kzalloc(f & ~__GFP_NOMEMALLOC) only"
-ss
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