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    bpf: Make non-preallocated allocation low priority · ace2bee8
    Yafang Shao authored
    GFP_ATOMIC doesn't cooperate well with memcg pressure so far, especially
    if we allocate too much GFP_ATOMIC memory. For example, when we set the
    memcg limit to limit a non-preallocated bpf memory, the GFP_ATOMIC can
    easily break the memcg limit by force charge. So it is very dangerous to
    use GFP_ATOMIC in non-preallocated case. One way to make it safe is to
    remove __GFP_HIGH from GFP_ATOMIC, IOW, use (__GFP_ATOMIC |
    __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) instead, then it will be limited if we allocate
    too much memory. There's a plan to completely remove __GFP_ATOMIC in the
    mm side[1], so let's use GFP_NOWAIT instead.
    
    We introduced BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC is because full map pre-allocation is
    too memory expensive for some cases. That means removing __GFP_HIGH
    doesn't break the rule of BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC, but has the same goal with
    it-avoiding issues caused by too much memory. So let's remove it.
    
    This fix can also apply to other run-time allocations, for example, the
    allocation in lpm trie, local storage and devmap. So let fix it
    consistently over the bpf code
    
    It also fixes a typo in the comment.
    
    [1]. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/163712397076.13692.4727608274002939094@noble.neil.brown.name/
    
    Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
    Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
    Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarShakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220709154457.57379-2-laoar.shao@gmail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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