Re: [PATCH 2/5] page allocator: Do not allow interrupts to use ALLOC_HARDER

KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-13T05:24:22Z

> Commit 341ce06f69abfafa31b9468410a13dbd60e2b237 altered watermark logic
> slightly by allowing rt_tasks that are handling an interrupt to set
> ALLOC_HARDER. This patch brings the watermark logic more in line with
> 2.6.30.

ditto.
afaik, this patch have been sent to linus.

>
> [rientjes@google.com: Spotted the problem]
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
> Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 250d055..2bc2ac6 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
> * See also cpuset_zone_allowed() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
> */
> alloc_flags &= ~ALLOC_CPUSET;
> - } else if (unlikely(rt_task(p)))
> + } else if (unlikely(rt_task(p)) && !in_interrupt())
> alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
>
> if (likely(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))) {
> --
> 1.6.5