Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: introduce PF_MEMALLOC_NOWARN

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On Fri 26-01-24 17:07:56, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> If we're using PF_MEMALLOC, we might have a fallback and might not to
> warn about a failing allocation - thus we need a PF_* equivalent of
> __GFP_NOWARN.

Could you be more specific about the user? Is this an allocation from
the reclaim path or an explicit PF_MEMALLOC one? It would be also really
helpful to explain why GFP_NOWARN cannot be used directly.

Thanks!

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs




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