Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: add might_sleep() for gigantic page

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On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue 27-12-11 21:21:18, Hillf Danton wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Fri 23-12-11 21:41:08, Hillf Danton wrote:
>> >> From: Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Subject: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: add might_sleep() for gigantic page
>> >>
>> >> Like the case of huge page, might_sleep() is added for gigantic page, then
>> >> both are treated in same way.
>> >
>> > Why do we need to call might_sleep here? There is cond_resched in the
>> > loop...
>> >
>>
>> IIUC it is the reason to add... and the comment says
>
> cond_resched calls __might_sleep so there is no reason to call
> might_sleep outside the loop as well.
>
Yes, thanks. And remove it in the huge page case?

Hillf

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