Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] arm64: Implement vmalloc based thread_info allocator

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On May 27, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 May 2015 15:22:50 Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
>> On (05/27/15 13:10), Minchan Kim wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 08:29:59PM +0900, Jungseok Lee wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL))
>>>>    goto nopage;
>>>> 
>>>> IMHO, a reclaim operation would be not needed in this context if memory is
>>>> allocated from vmalloc space. It means there is no need to traverse shrinker list. 
>>> 
>>> For making fork successful with using vmalloc, it's bandaid.
> 
> Right.

Thanks for a clear feedback!

It sounds like Catalin's idea should be considered seriously in ARM64 perspective.

Best Regards
Jungseok Lee
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