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    netvm: set PF_MEMALLOC as appropriate during SKB processing · b4b9e355
    Mel Gorman authored
    
    
    In order to make sure pfmemalloc packets receive all memory needed to
    proceed, ensure processing of pfmemalloc SKBs happens under PF_MEMALLOC.
    This is limited to a subset of protocols that are expected to be used for
    writing to swap.  Taps are not allowed to use PF_MEMALLOC as these are
    expected to communicate with userspace processes which could be paged out.
    
    [a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl: Ideas taken from various patches]
    [jslaby@suse.cz: Lock imbalance fix]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
    Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>
    Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
    Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
    Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
    Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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