On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:13:16 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There's a misunderstanding in regards to the comment: __GFP_NORETRY > doesn't turn direct reclaim or compaction off, it is still attempted and > with the same priority as any other allocation. This only stops the page > allocator from calling the oom killer, which will free memory or panic the > system, and looping when memory is available. include/linux/gfp.h says * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely. Can you suggest something more accurate and complete which we can put there? -- 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>