On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Minchan, > >> > +static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc_cold_noretry(struct address_space *x) >> > +{ >> > + Â Â Â return __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(x)|__GFP_COLD|__GFP_NORETRY); >> >> It makes sense to me but it could make a noise about page allocation >> failure. I think it's not desirable. >> How about adding __GFP_NOWARAN? > > Yeah it makes sense. Here is the new version. > > Thanks, > Fengguang > --- > Subject: readahead: readahead page allocations is OK to fail > Date: Tue Apr 26 14:29:40 CST 2011 > > Pass __GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_NOWARN for readahead page allocations. > > readahead page allocations are completely optional. They are OK to > fail and in particular shall not trigger OOM on themselves. > > Reported-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> -- Kind regards, Minchan Kim -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href