Revert "mm: introduce PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM, PF_MEMALLOC_NOWARN"
This reverts commit eab0af90. There is no existing user of those flags. PF_MEMALLOC_NOWARN is dangerous because a nested allocation context can use GFP_NOFAIL which could cause unexpected failure. Such a code would be hard to maintain because it could be deeper in the call chain. PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM has been added even when it was pointed out [1] that such a allocation contex is inherently unsafe if the context doesn't fully control all allocations called from this context. While PF_MEMALLOC_NOWARN is not dangerous the way PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM is it doesn't have any user and as Matthew has pointed out we are running out of those flags so better reclaim it without any real users. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZcM0xtlKbAOFjv5n@tiehlicka/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240926172940.167084-3-mhocko@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Cc: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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