Re: [PATCH v2] slab,slub: ignore __GFP_WAIT if we're booting or suspending

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Fri Jun 12 2009 - 06:00:46 EST


On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > Take a break, take a step back, and look at the big picture. Do you
> > > really want to find all the needles in the haystack or just make sure
> > > you wear gloves when handling the hay ? :-)

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 12:45 +0300, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> > Well, I would like to find the needles but I think we should do it with
> > gloves on.
> >
> > If everyone is happy with this version of Ben's patch, I'm going to just
> > apply it and push it to Linus.

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 19:58 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Thanks :-) Looks right at first glance. I'll test tomorrow.

Nick? I do think this is the best short-term solution. We can get rid of
it later on if we decide to fix up the callers instead.

Pekka

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