Re: [PATCH 1/3] f2fs: avoid using __GFP_NOFAIL

[Chao Yu]

On 2017/11/7 0:23, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 07-11-17 00:08:25, Chao Yu wrote:
> [...]
>> BTW, I notice the comments of __GFP_NOFAIL, what does this mean?
>>  *   Using this flag for costly allocations is _highly_ discouraged.
> 
> This means that using __GFP_NOFAIL for high order allocations
> (especially those with order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) are highly
> discouraged because we those are quite hard to get and looping inside
> the allocator basically for ever is not a wise thing to do. That being
> said replacing __GFP_NOFAIL by an open coded retry loop might make sense
> for those e.g. to check signals or other termination conditions.

Clear to me now, thanks for your explanation and review. :)

Anyway, let me update this patch.

Thanks,

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