Re: [patch -mmotm] mm: invoke oom killer for __GFP_NOFAIL

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Sun May 10 2009 - 19:44:42 EST


David Rientjes wrote:
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.

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>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

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