Re: [PATCH] net/packet: simply allocations in alloc_one_pg_vec_page

2020-05-16 Thread David Miller
From: Shakeel Butt Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 15:35:46 -0700 > So, my argument is if non-zero order vzalloc has failed (allocations > internal to vzalloc, including virtual mapping allocation and page > table allocations, are order 0 and use GFP_KERNEL i.e. triggering > reclaim and oom-killer) then t

Re: [PATCH] net/packet: simply allocations in alloc_one_pg_vec_page

2020-05-16 Thread David Miller
From: Shakeel Butt Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 19:17:36 -0700 > and thus there is no need to have any fallback after vzalloc. This statement is false. The virtual mapping allocation or the page table allocations can fail. A fallback is therefore indeed necessary.