Re: [patch 08/11 -mmotm] oom: invoke oom killer for __GFP_NOFAIL

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

> The oom killer must be invoked regardless of the order if the allocation
> is __GFP_NOFAIL, otherwise it will loop forever when reclaim fails to
> free some memory.

This is intensional behavior. plus you change very widely caller bahavior.
if you don't have good test program, I nak this.


> 
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>


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