> > The following patch moves the __GFP_IO check down to prune_icache(),
> > allowing !__GFP_IO allocations to free clean unused inodes.
>
> Forget about this.
>
> We may have to write quota information back to disk while freeing the
> inode and then we are fucked.
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> Linus,
>
> With the prune_icache() modifications which were integrated in pre5 there
> is no more need to avoid non __GFP_IO allocations to go down to
> prune_icache().
>
> The following patch moves the __GFP_IO check down to prune_icache(),
>
Linus,
With the prune_icache() modifications which were integrated in pre5 there
is no more need to avoid non __GFP_IO allocations to go down to
prune_icache().
The following patch moves the __GFP_IO check down to prune_icache(),
allowing !__GFP_IO allocations to free clean unused inodes.
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