Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] arm64: Implement vmalloc based thread_info allocator | From | Jungseok Lee <> | Date | Thu, 28 May 2015 01:05:42 +0900 |
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On May 27, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 27 May 2015 15:22:50 Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: >> On (05/27/15 13:10), Minchan Kim wrote: >>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 08:29:59PM +0900, Jungseok Lee wrote: >>>> >>>> if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)) >>>> goto nopage; >>>> >>>> IMHO, a reclaim operation would be not needed in this context if memory is >>>> allocated from vmalloc space. It means there is no need to traverse shrinker list. >>> >>> For making fork successful with using vmalloc, it's bandaid. > > Right.
Thanks for a clear feedback!
It sounds like Catalin's idea should be considered seriously in ARM64 perspective.
Best Regards Jungseok Lee
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