Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH 0/2] scop GFP_NOFS api

2016-04-30 Thread NeilBrown
On Fri, Apr 29 2016, Steven Whitehouse wrote: > Hi, > > On 29/04/16 06:35, NeilBrown wrote: >> If we could similarly move evict() into kswapd (and I believe we can) >> then most file systems would do nothing in reclaim context that >> interferes with allocation context. > evict() is an issue, but

Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH 0/2] scop GFP_NOFS api

2016-04-29 Thread Steven Whitehouse
Hi, On 29/04/16 06:35, NeilBrown wrote: On Tue, Apr 26 2016, Michal Hocko wrote: Hi, we have discussed this topic at LSF/MM this year. There was a general interest in the scope GFP_NOFS allocation context among some FS developers. For those who are not aware of the discussion or the issue I am