On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 05:04:06PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote: > > One solution is to always fail maybe_create_worker() when PF_MEMALLOC is > > set, thus always hitting the mayday button. > > I'm not following. When PF_MEMALLOC is set where?
It seems I made a false assumption. I was thinking the worker creation was done from queue/flush context, but its done by other workers, at a time when PF_MEMALLOC cannot be set. In any case, no objections to the proposed patch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
