Re: [PATCH] mm: make page pfmemalloc check more robust

[Eric Dumazet]

On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 11:13 +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:

> Given that this apparently isn't the first case of this localhost issue, 
> I wonder if network code should just clear skb->pfmemalloc during send 
> (or maybe just send over localhost). That would be probably easier than 
> distinguish the __skb_fill_page_desc() callers for send vs receive.

Would this still needed after this patch ?

It is sad we do not have a SNMP counter to at least count how often we
drop skb because pfmemalloc is set.

I'll provide such a patch.


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