Re: [PATCH 07/10] mm: page_alloc: Rename __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM

[Michal Hocko]

On Thu 20-08-15 14:28:57, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 12-08-15 11:45:32, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > __GFP_WAIT was used to signal that the caller was in atomic context and
> > could not sleep.  Now it is possible to distinguish between true atomic
> > context and callers that are not willing to sleep. The latter should clear
> > __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM so kswapd will still wake. As clearing __GFP_WAIT
> > behaves differently, there is a risk that people will clear the wrong
> > flags. This patch renames __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM to clearly indicate
> > what it does -- setting it allows all reclaim activity, clearing them
> > prevents it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I haven't checked all the converted places too deeply but they look
> straightforward.
> 
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>

I meant @suse.com, dang the old one is hardwired into my hands...
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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