From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:07:46 +0000
Subject: Re: Widespread misuse of GFP_ATOMIC
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GFP_NOWAIT is when you have a somewhat painless backup plan in case the
allocation fails.  If you're worried that there are too many
GFP_ATOMICs, then it's better to re-arrange the code so the allocation
can sleep.

regards,
dan carpenter