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author | Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> | 2021-01-29 17:16:03 +0100 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2021-03-08 14:18:07 -0800 |
commit | 3e7ce7a187fc6aaa9fda1310a2b8da8770342ff7 (patch) | |
tree | cbb3a8720766a16730fdfbe15629281f5738f7cc /tools/perf/scripts/python/exported-sql-viewer.py | |
parent | 7ffc9ec8eac196cbd85669a4d7920cd80f186a51 (diff) |
kvfree_rcu: Replace __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL by __GFP_NORETRY
__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL can spend quite a bit of time reclaiming, and this
can be wasted effort given that there is a fallback code path in case
memory allocation fails.
__GFP_NORETRY does perform some light-weight reclaim, but it will fail
under OOM conditions, allowing the fallback to be taken as an alternative
to hard-OOMing the system.
There is a four-way tradeoff that must be balanced:
1) Minimize use of the fallback path;
2) Avoid full-up OOM;
3) Do a light-wait allocation request;
4) Avoid dipping into the emergency reserves.
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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