Re: [PATCH 4/4] mtd: nand: nandsim: convert to memalloc_noreclaim_*()

[Richard Weinberger]

Michal,

Am 05.04.2017 um 13:31 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> On Wed 05-04-17 09:47:00, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> Nandsim has own functions set_memalloc() and clear_memalloc() for robust
>> setting and clearing of PF_MEMALLOC. Replace them by the new generic helpers.
>> No functional change.
> 
> This one smells like an abuser. Why the hell should read/write path
> touch memory reserves at all!

Could be. Let's ask Adrian, AFAIK he wrote that code.
Adrian, can you please clarify why nandsim needs to play with PF_MEMALLOC?

Thanks,
//richard