Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 4 authors, 2008-06-03

Re: [PATCH 2/5] sky2: don't warn if page allocation fails

From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-27 18:47:36
Also in: lkml

On Thu, 22 May 2008 05:57:44 -0400
Jeff Garzik [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sky2->rx_nfrags; i++) {
-		struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+		struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 
 		if (!page)
 			goto free_partial;

IMO it's inappropriate to add these warnings to net drivers that 
properly check all return values.

This approach is too maintenance intensive, and winds up fixing the same 
problem over and over again -- a hint that the fix is in the wrong place.

	Jeff
So the __GFP_NOWARN should go away and get replaced by GFP_WARN?
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