scheduling in kmalloc()
if we use any thing other than GFP_ATOMIC, does it result in scheduling out the process if there is no memory available?
with GFP_KERNRL, I think we try freeing pages to service the current request.
or is there any possibility of kmalloc() failing even with GFP_KERNEL?
thx,
Vasu.
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if we use any thing other than
GFP_ATOMIC, does it result in scheduling out the process if there is no memory available?
withGFP_KERNRL, I think we try freeing pages to service the current request.
or is there any possibility ofkmalloc()failing even withGFP_KERNEL?
kmalloc can always fail, looping on a kmalloc at high level can almost always cause deadlocks so you need to be prepared to fail