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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 19:13:49 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 12:05:51 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> No, GFP_ATOMIC is for memory allocations in atomic context and not for
> separation between reserved and unreserved memory.

Indeed, using ATOMIC to avoid CMA seems like an odd hack.
I haven't encountered this before.