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See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-Stat-Signature: 6s771osssnricnhustu4oijshc79f9uz X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 27570C000A X-HE-Tag: 1779887502-766115 X-HE-Meta: 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 J8MZ1NAE 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:04:29PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > Precisely my reasoning. In most cases, __get_free_page() is just a > lazy way of saying "I need some memory and the allocation should not fail". Huh? __get_free_page and kmalloc can and should fail.