Re: [PATCH] Avoid !__GFP_IO allocations to eat from memoryreservations
On Thursday, June 14, 2001 09:59:43 AM -0300 Marcelo Tosatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In pre3, GFP_BUFFER allocations can eat from the "emergency" memory > reservations in case try_to_free_pages() fails for those allocations in > __alloc_pages(). > > > Here goes the (tested) patch to fix that: I started testing this because I expected problems under load with reiserfs on it. No deadlocks yet though...I owe Marcelo a beer ;-) -chris - 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/
Re: [PATCH] Avoid !__GFP_IO allocations to eat from memoryreservations
On Thursday, June 14, 2001 09:59:43 AM -0300 Marcelo Tosatti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In pre3, GFP_BUFFER allocations can eat from the emergency memory reservations in case try_to_free_pages() fails for those allocations in __alloc_pages(). Here goes the (tested) patch to fix that: I started testing this because I expected problems under load with reiserfs on it. No deadlocks yet though...I owe Marcelo a beer ;-) -chris - 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/
