Re: [PATCH] Add prctl support for controlling PF_MEMALLOC V2

2019-10-23 Thread Michal Hocko
On Wed 23-10-19 12:27:29, Mike Christie wrote: > On 10/23/2019 02:11 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Wed 23-10-19 07:43:44, Dave Chinner wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 06:33:10PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > Thanks for more clarifiation regarding PF_LESS_THROTTLE. > > > > [...] > >>>

Re: [PATCH] Add prctl support for controlling PF_MEMALLOC V2

2019-10-22 Thread Mike Christie
On 10/22/2019 06:24 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Mon 21-10-19 16:41:37, Mike Christie wrote: >> There are several storage drivers like dm-multipath, iscsi, tcmu-runner, >> amd nbd that have userspace components that can run in the IO path. For >> example, iscsi and nbd's userspace deamons may need