On Wed 27-04-16 09:07:02, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 01:56:11PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > From: Michal Hocko
> >
> > GFP_NOFS context is used for the following 4 reasons currently
> > - to prevent from deadlocks when the lock held by the allocation
> > context wo
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 01:56:11PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko
>
> GFP_NOFS context is used for the following 4 reasons currently
> - to prevent from deadlocks when the lock held by the allocation
> context would be needed during the memory reclaim
> - to p
From: Michal Hocko
GFP_NOFS context is used for the following 4 reasons currently
- to prevent from deadlocks when the lock held by the allocation
context would be needed during the memory reclaim
- to prevent from stack overflows during the reclaim because
the