Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm: system wide ALLOC_NO_WATERMARK

[Christoph Lameter]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> > Because we get to the code of interest when we have no memory on the
> > buddy free lists...
> 
> Ah wait, that statement is incorrect and may well be the crux of your 
> misunderstanding.  Buddy free lists are not exhausted until the entire 
> memalloc reserve has been depleted, which would indicate a kernel bug 
> and imminent system death.

I added the call to reclaim where the memory is out.

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