On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > Because we get to the code of interest when we have no memory on the
> > buddy free lists...
>
> Ah wait, that statement is incorrect and may well be the crux of your
> misunderstanding. Buddy free lists are not exhausted until the entire
> memalloc reserve has been depleted, which would indicate a kernel bug
> and imminent system death.
I added the call to reclaim where the memory is out.
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