On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:13:16 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's a misunderstanding in regards to the comment: __GFP_NORETRY > doesn't turn direct reclaim or compaction off, it is still attempted and > with the same priority as any other allocation. This only stops the page > allocator from calling the oom killer, which will free memory or panic the > system, and looping when memory is available. include/linux/gfp.h says * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely. Can you suggest something more accurate and complete which we can put there? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
