kvfree_rcu: Replace __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL by __GFP_NORETRY
__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL can spend quite a bit of time reclaiming, and this can be wasted effort given that there is a fallback code path in case memory allocation fails. __GFP_NORETRY does perform some light-weight reclaim, but it will fail under OOM conditions, allowing the fallback to be taken as an alternative to hard-OOMing the system. There is a four-way tradeoff that must be balanced: 1) Minimize use of the fallback path; 2) Avoid full-up OOM; 3) Do a light-wait allocation request; 4) Avoid dipping into the emergency reserves. Signed-off-by:Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Acked-by:
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Signed-off-by:
Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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