From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Igor Zhbanov <izh1979@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can kmalloc( ) with __GFP_WAIT flag fail?
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:06:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871vpz6iu5.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f44001920906050359h5edc6782n69aa91472aae418f@mail.gmail.com> (Igor Zhbanov's message of "Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:59:31 +0400")
Igor Zhbanov <izh1979@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello!
>
> Can kmalloc( ) fail when invoked with __GFP_WAIT flag (which is
> implied by GFP_KERNEL)?
Yes it can fail.
> And for what reason it may fail?
When the kernel is out of memory.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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2009-06-05 10:59 Can kmalloc( ) with __GFP_WAIT flag fail? Igor Zhbanov
2009-06-05 11:06 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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