On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 06:38:16PM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote:
> In the write path of a ???lesystem, using
> GFP_KERNEL or GFP_ATOMIC will lead to deadlocks
> eventually. [...] GFP_NOFS is there for a reason, as is GFP_NOIO for block
> device drivers.
I know about this, and this is another reason I'm not sending it in. I
don't really understand it either. If GFP_ATOMIC can block, then I don't
know what good it is.
> Which means that we _must_ ask for help from somebody else.
Yup.
Jeff
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