From: Mel Gorman <mel-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
To: reinette chatre
<reinette.chatre-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Frans Pop <elendil-EIBgga6/0yRmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org>,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>,
Sven Geggus
<lists-+AJD3D7QEjjt/htJsj1pd9AswbaBtrod@public.gmane.org>,
Karol Lewandowski
<karol.k.lewandowski-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Tobias Oetiker <tobi-7K0TWYW2a3pyDzI6CaY1VQ@public.gmane.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org>,
David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>,
Kalle Valo <kalle.valo-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>,
"Abbas,
Mohamed" <mohamed.abbas-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
"John W. Linville"
<linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
Pekka Enberg <penberg-bbCR+/B0CizivPeTLB3BmA@public.gmane.org>,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<bzolnier-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
Stephan von Krawczynski
<skraw-DcQCyzbjH0jQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Kernel Testers List
<kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
"netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org"
<linux-mm@kvac>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Candidate fix for increased number of GFP_ATOMIC failures V2
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:40:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091027104017.GC8900@csn.ul.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1256226219.21134.1493.camel@rc-desk>
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:43:38AM -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 07:22 -0700, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > [Bug #14141] order 2 page allocation failures in iwlagn
> > Commit 4752c93c30441f98f7ed723001b1a5e3e5619829 introduced GFP_ATOMIC
> > allocations within the wireless driver. This has caused large numbers
> > of failure reports to occur as reported by Frans Pop. Fixing this
> > requires changes to the driver if it wants to use GFP_ATOMIC which
> > is in the hands of Mohamed Abbas and Reinette Chatre. However,
> > it is very likely that it has being compounded by core mm changes
> > that this series is aimed at.
>
> Driver has been changed to allocate paged skb for its receive buffers.
> This reduces amount of memory needed from order-2 to order-1. This work
> is significant and will thus be in 2.6.33.
>
What do you want to do for -stable in 2.6.31?
--
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-27 10:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-22 14:22 [PATCH 0/5] Candidate fix for increased number of GFP_ATOMIC failures V2 Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <1256221356-26049-1-git-send-email-mel-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-22 14:22 ` [PATCH 1/5] page allocator: Always wake kswapd when restarting an allocation attempt after direct reclaim failed Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 14:24 ` [PATCH 1/5 Against 2.6.31.4] " Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 14:41 ` [PATCH 1/5] " Pekka Enberg
2009-10-22 15:49 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <1256221356-26049-2-git-send-email-mel-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-26 1:11 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-10-26 7:10 ` David Rientjes
2009-10-27 2:42 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-10-27 12:27 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 14:22 ` [PATCH 2/5] page allocator: Do not allow interrupts to use ALLOC_HARDER Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 16:33 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
[not found] ` <20091022183303.2448942d.skraw-DcQCyzbjH0jQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-22 16:37 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <20091022163752.GU11778-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-23 9:57 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2009-10-24 2:03 ` Christoph Lameter
2009-10-27 15:19 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-25 12:57 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2009-10-26 1:15 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-10-24 13:51 ` [PATCH 0/5] Candidate fix for increased number of GFP_ATOMIC failures V2 Frans Pop
2009-10-26 17:37 ` Tobias Oetiker
2009-10-27 15:36 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 14:22 ` [PATCH 3/5] vmscan: Force kswapd to take notice faster when high-order watermarks are being hit Mel Gorman
2009-10-27 2:42 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-10-22 14:22 ` [PATCH 4/5] page allocator: Pre-emptively wake kswapd when high-order watermarks are hit Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <1256221356-26049-5-git-send-email-mel-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-22 19:41 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.0910221227010.21601-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-23 9:13 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-23 9:36 ` David Rientjes
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.0910230229010.28109-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-23 11:25 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-23 11:31 ` Tobias Oetiker
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.00.0910231329550.26462-EjsAmf5DE5zIvOfxy3zmAzgUDZmNtoG9@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-23 13:39 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-27 2:42 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
[not found] ` <20091026235032.2F78.A69D9226-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-27 15:26 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 14:22 ` [PATCH 5/5] ONLY-APPLY-IF-STILL-FAILING Revert 373c0a7e, 8aa7e847: Fix congestion_wait() sync/async vs read/write confusion Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 14:25 ` Against 2.6.31.4 [PATCH 5/5] " Mel Gorman
2009-10-22 21:49 ` [PATCH 5/5] ONLY-APPLY-IF-STILL-FAILING " Jens Axboe
2009-10-27 2:42 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-10-27 10:29 ` Frans Pop
2009-10-22 14:47 ` [PATCH 0/5] Candidate fix for increased number of GFP_ATOMIC failures V2 Pekka Enberg
[not found] ` <84144f020910220747nba30d8bkc83c2569da79bd7c-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-22 16:03 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-24 1:52 ` Christoph Lameter
2009-10-24 6:48 ` Pekka Enberg
2009-10-22 15:43 ` reinette chatre
2009-10-27 10:40 ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2009-10-27 23:34 ` reinette chatre
2009-10-23 7:31 ` Sven Geggus
2009-10-23 16:58 ` Karol Lewandowski
2009-10-23 21:12 ` Karol Lewandowski
2009-10-24 13:46 ` Mel LKML
[not found] ` <9ec2d7290910240646p75b93c68v6ea1648d628a9660-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-28 11:42 ` Karol Lewandowski
[not found] ` <20091028114208.GA14476-nLtalAL5mPp2RxbNQum0x1nzlInOXLuq@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-28 11:59 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <20091028115926.GW8900-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-30 14:23 ` Karol Lewandowski
[not found] ` <20091030142350.GA9343-nLtalAL5mPp2RxbNQum0x1nzlInOXLuq@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-02 20:30 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <20091102203034.GC22046-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-04 2:03 ` Karol Lewandowski
2009-10-28 12:55 ` Tobi Oetiker
2009-10-24 14:02 ` Sven Geggus
2009-10-27 13:27 ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-26 22:17 ` Frans Pop
2009-10-26 23:45 ` Frans Pop
2009-11-06 6:03 ` Tobias Diedrich
[not found] ` <20091106060323.GA5528-VCkOej6z8qt4W7ppVJ7FiLNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-06 9:24 ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-06 11:15 ` Tobias Diedrich
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20091027104017.GC8900@csn.ul.ie \
--to=mel-wprd99kpj+uzqb+pc5nmwq@public.gmane.org \
--cc=bzolnier-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org \
--cc=davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org \
--cc=elendil-EIBgga6/0yRmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org \
--cc=gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org \
--cc=jens.axboe-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=jkosina-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org \
--cc=kalle.valo-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org \
--cc=karol.k.lewandowski-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org \
--cc=kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=kosaki.motohiro-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org \
--cc=linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=linux-mm@kvac \
--cc=linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org \
--cc=lists-+AJD3D7QEjjt/htJsj1pd9AswbaBtrod@public.gmane.org \
--cc=mohamed.abbas-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org \
--cc=netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=penberg-bbCR+/B0CizivPeTLB3BmA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=reinette.chatre-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org \
--cc=rientjes-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org \
--cc=skraw-DcQCyzbjH0jQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org \
--cc=tobi-7K0TWYW2a3pyDzI6CaY1VQ@public.gmane.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).