Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] page allocator: Do not allow interrupts to use ALLOC_HARDER

From: Stephan von Krawczynski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:33:03 +0200

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:33 +0100
Mel Gorman <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Commit 341ce06f69abfafa31b9468410a13dbd60e2b237 altered watermark logic
> slightly by allowing rt_tasks that are handling an interrupt to set
> ALLOC_HARDER. This patch brings the watermark logic more in line with
> 2.6.30.
> 
> [[email-masked]: Spotted the problem]
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email-masked]>
> Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index dfa4362..7f2aa3e 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  		 * See also cpuset_zone_allowed() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
>  		 */
>  		alloc_flags &= ~ALLOC_CPUSET;
> -	} else if (unlikely(rt_task(p)))
> +	} else if (unlikely(rt_task(p)) && !in_interrupt())
>  		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
>  
>  	if (likely(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOMEMALLOC))) {
> -- 
> 1.6.3.3
> 

Is it correct that this one applies offset -54 lines in 2.6.31.4 ? 

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Regards,
Stephan