Re: add_to_swap_cache with GFP_ATOMIC ?

[Hugh Dickins]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> 
> IOW, GFP_ATOMIC on add_to_swap() was introduced accidentally. the reason 
> was old add_to_page_cache() didn't have gfp_mask parameter and we didn't
>  have the reason of changing add_to_swap() behavior.
> I think it don't have deeply reason and changing GFP_NOIO
> don't cause regression.

You may well be right: we'll see if you send in a patch to change it.
But I won't be sending in that patch myself, that's all :)

Hugh
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