Re: [PATCH V4] mlx4_core: allocate ICM memory in page size chunks

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On Tue 29-05-18 23:49:59, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/29/2018 11:44 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > 
> > And I will add this simple fix, this really should address your initial concern much better.
> > 
> > @@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ static int mlx4_alloc_icm_pages(struct scatterlist *mem, int order,
> >  {
> >         struct page *page;
> >  
> > +       if (order)
> > +               gfp_mask |= __GFP_NORETRY;
> 
>     and also      gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM

JFTR the latter one makes __GFP_NORETRY pointless. Non sleeping allocations
are not retrying.

> >         page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp_mask, order);
> >         if (!page) {
> >                 page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order);
> > 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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