On Thu 20-08-15 14:28:57, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 12-08-15 11:45:32, Mel Gorman wrote: > > __GFP_WAIT was used to signal that the caller was in atomic context and > > could not sleep. Now it is possible to distinguish between true atomic > > context and callers that are not willing to sleep. The latter should clear > > __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM so kswapd will still wake. As clearing __GFP_WAIT > > behaves differently, there is a risk that people will clear the wrong > > flags. This patch renames __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM to clearly indicate > > what it does -- setting it allows all reclaim activity, clearing them > > prevents it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> > > I haven't checked all the converted places too deeply but they look > straightforward. > > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
I meant @suse.com, dang the old one is hardwired into my hands... -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
