Re: [PATCH RFC 5/5] non-mm: discourage the usage of __GFP_NOFAIL and encourage GFP_NOFAIL

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On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 03:47:46PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> OK, now it makes more sense ;) I have absolutely no objections to
> prefering scoped NO{FS,IO} interfaces of course. And that would indeed
> eliminate a need for defining GFP_NO{FS,IO}_NOFAIL alternatives.

Yes.  My proposal would be:

GFP_NOFAIL without any modifiers it the only valid nofail API.

File systems / drivers can combine іt with the scoped nofs/noio if
needed.





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