Re: [RFC][PATCH] PM: Force GFP_NOIO during suspend/resume (was: Re: Memory allocations in .suspend became very unreliable)

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Am Sonntag, 17. Januar 2010 14:55:55 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
> +void mm_force_noio_allocations(void)
> +{
> +       /* Wait for all slowpath allocations using the old mask to complete */
> +       down_write(&gfp_allowed_mask_sem);
> +       saved_gfp_allowed_mask = gfp_allowed_mask;
> +       gfp_allowed_mask &= ~(__GFP_IO | __GFP_FS);
> +       up_write(&gfp_allowed_mask_sem);
> +}

In addition to this you probably want to exhaust all memory reserves
before you fail a memory allocation and forbid the OOM killer to run.

	Regards
		Oliver
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