On Mon, 14 May 2007 11:12:24 -0500 Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I understand this correctly: > > privileged thread unprivileged greedy process > kmem_cache_alloc(...) > adds new slab page from lowmem pool > do_io() > kmem_cache_alloc(...) > kmem_cache_alloc(...) > kmem_cache_alloc(...) > kmem_cache_alloc(...) > kmem_cache_alloc(...) > ... > eats it all > kmem_cache_alloc(...) -> ENOMEM > who ate my donuts?! Yes, that's my understanding also. I can see why it's a problem in theory, but I don't think Peter has yet revealed to us why it's a problem in practice. I got all excited when Christoph asked "I am not sure what the point of all of this is.", but Peter cunningly avoided answering that ;) What observed problem is being fixed here? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
