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mm/vmalloc: add more comments to the adjust_va_to_fit_type() 

When fit type is NE_FIT_TYPE there is a need in one extra object.
Usually the "ne_fit_preload_node" per-CPU variable has it and there is
no need in GFP_NOWAIT allocation, but there are exceptions.

This commit just adds more explanations, as a result giving answers on
questions like when it can occur, how often, under which conditions and
what happens if GFP_NOWAIT gets failed.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191016095438.12391-3-urezki@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@sonymobile.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) 2019-11-30 17:54:40 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -968,6 +968,19 @@ adjust_va_to_fit_type(struct vmap_area *va,
* There are a few exceptions though, as an example it is
* a first allocation (early boot up) when we have "one"
* big free space that has to be split.
*
* Also we can hit this path in case of regular "vmap"
* allocations, if "this" current CPU was not preloaded.
* See the comment in alloc_vmap_area() why. If so, then
* GFP_NOWAIT is used instead to get an extra object for
* split purpose. That is rare and most time does not
* occur.
*
* What happens if an allocation gets failed. Basically,
* an "overflow" path is triggered to purge lazily freed
* areas to free some memory, then, the "retry" path is
* triggered to repeat one more time. See more details
* in alloc_vmap_area() function.
*/
lva = kmem_cache_alloc(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_NOWAIT);
if (!lva)