Hows about you add a helper function void *[kmalloc|alloc_page]_retrying_forever_because_i_suck(lots of args) then convert the callsites to use that, then nuke __GFP_NOFAIL? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html