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    SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 2/2] arm64: Implement vmalloc based thread_info allocator
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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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