Re: [PATCH rdma-next V1 0/4] Add support of NOIO allocations to IPoIB

Doug Ledford
2017-07-22T17:08:30Z

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On 5/23/2017 7:38 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> These patches adds native support to NOIO allocations during
> create QP for IPoIB.
>
> In contrast to the commit 09b93088d750 ("IB: Add a QP creation flag
> to use GFP_NOIO allocations"), which added specific QP create flag,
> this series uses standard memalloc_noio_* calls to mark GFP_NOIO
> for all allocations paths below.
>
> This change allows to all drivers benefit from this facitlity
> and not only mlx4 and qib. As a nice outcome, there is a lot
> simplification in the mlx4 and qib drivers by removing need to
> carry GFP flags.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman-3eNAlZScCAx27rWaFMvyedHuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

This series has been accepted into 4.13-rc, thanks.

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