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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] mm, bootmem: panic in bootmem alloc functions even if slab is available
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Hello, Sasha.

2012/12/28 Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>:
> On 12/27/2012 06:04 PM, David Rientjes wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2012, Sasha Levin wrote:
>>
>>> That's exactly what happens with the patch. Note that in the current upstream
>>> version there are several slab checks scattered all over.
>>>
>>> In this case for example, I'm removing it from __alloc_bootmem_node(), but the
>>> first code line of__alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic() is:
>>>
>>> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(slab_is_available()))
>>> return kzalloc(size, GFP_NOWAIT);
>>>
>>
>> You're only talking about mm/bootmem.c and not mm/nobootmem.c, and notice
>> that __alloc_bootmem_node() does not call __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(),
>> it calls ___alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic().
>
> Holy cow, this is an underscore hell.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sasha
>

I have a different idea.
How about removing fallback allocation in bootmem.c completely?
I don't know why it is there exactly.
But, warning for 'slab_is_available()' is there for a long time.
So, most people who misuse fallback allocation change their code adequately.
I think that removing fallback at this time is valid. Isn't it?

Fallback allocation may cause possible bug.
If someone free a memory from fallback allocation,
it can't be handled properly.

So, IMHO, at this time, we should remove fallback allocation in
bootmem.c entirely.
Please let me know what I misunderstand.

Thanks.


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