Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm: system wide ALLOC_NO_WATERMARK

Christoph Lameter
2007-08-13T23:04:42Z

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> > Because we get to the code of interest when we have no memory on the
> > buddy free lists...
>
> Ah wait, that statement is incorrect and may well be the crux of your
> misunderstanding. Buddy free lists are not exhausted until the entire
> memalloc reserve has been depleted, which would indicate a kernel bug
> and imminent system death.

I added the call to reclaim where the memory is out.