On Tue 06-01-15 22:10:55, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > On 01/06/2015 03:30 PM, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > > index 1bb65e6f48dd..1682d766cb8e 100644 > > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > > @@ -2175,10 +2175,11 @@ zonelist_scan: > > } > > > > try_this_zone: > > - page = buffered_rmqueue(preferred_zone, zone, order, > > + do { > > + page = buffered_rmqueue(preferred_zone, zone, order, > > gfp_mask, migratetype); > > - if (page) > > - break; > > + } while (page && prep_new_page(page, order, gfp_mask, > > + alloc_flags)); > > Hm but here we wouldn't return page on success. Right. > I wonder if you overlooked the return, hence your "not breaking out of > the loop" remark? This was merely to show the intention. Sorry for not being clear enough. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>