Messages in this thread | | | Date | 28 Feb 2006 02:25:53 +0100 | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:25:53 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: OOM-killer too aggressive? |
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> I was thinking that your __GFP_NOOOM was a thinko. How would it differ > from __GFP_NORETRY?
__GFP_NORETRY seems to skip at least one retry pass as far as I can see. __GFP_NOOOM wouldn't. But perhaps the additional pass only makes sense with oom killing? I'm not sure - that is why i was asking.
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