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From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: Add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to Rx buffer
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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:47:55 -0500
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On 06/29/2015 11:27 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:22:12 -0500
>
>> When allocating Rx related buffers, alloc_pages is called using an order
>> number that is decreased until successful. A system under stress can
>> experience failures during this allocation process resulting in a warning
>> being issued. This message can be of concern to end users even though the
>> failure is not fatal. Since the failure is not fatal and can occur
>> multiple times, the driver should include the __GFP_NOWARN flag to
>> suppress the warning message from being issued.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>
> Applied, thanks.
>

Hi David,

Can this be queued up for stable 4.0/4.1 (it isn't applicable before
3.19)?

Thanks,
Tom