On 04/05/2017 01:36 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Michal, > > Am 05.04.2017 um 13:31 schrieb Michal Hocko: >> On Wed 05-04-17 09:47:00, Vlastimil Babka wrote: >>> Nandsim has own functions set_memalloc() and clear_memalloc() for robust >>> setting and clearing of PF_MEMALLOC. Replace them by the new generic helpers. >>> No functional change. >> >> This one smells like an abuser. Why the hell should read/write path >> touch memory reserves at all! > > Could be. Let's ask Adrian, AFAIK he wrote that code. > Adrian, can you please clarify why nandsim needs to play with PF_MEMALLOC? I was thinking about it and concluded that since the simulator can be used as a block device where reclaimed pages go to, writing the data out is a memalloc operation. Then reading can be called as part of r-m-w cycle, so reading as well. But it would be great if somebody more knowledgeable confirmed this. > Thanks, > //richard >
