New allocation flags For kmalloc() and friends GFP_NOIO Can block, but no I/O will be performed GFP_NOFS Can block, but no filesystem operations will be performed __GFP_REPEAT "Try harder," but allocations can still fail __GFP_NOFAIL Try as hard as it takes to satisfy the allocation Should not be used without great need __GFP_NORETRY Do not retry a failed allocation.