Re: [PATCH v2 08/20] KVM: s390: KVM page table management functions: allocation

Christian Borntraeger
2025-09-16T17:06:14Z

Am 16.09.25 um 19:05 schrieb Claudio Imbrenda:

>>> I think GFP_ATOMIC actually gives more guarantees?
>>
>> In real life GFP_ATOMIC can fail, GFP_KERNEL does not.All gfp allocation failures
>> are usually the atomic ones.
>
> interesting... then I guess I need GFP_KERNEL | GFP_ATOMIC ?

No. ATOMIC always means: can fail.