linux-kernel - Re: [patch] aio: remove aio-max-nr and instead use the memlock rlimit to limit the number of pages pinned for the aio completion ring

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:29:28 -0400
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	linux-aio <linux-aio@...ck.org>, zach.brown@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] aio: remove aio-max-nr and instead use the memlock rlimit to limit the number of pages pinned for the aio completion ring

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 04:24:42AM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>         if (!IS_ERR(req->ki_eventfd))
>                 fput(req->ki_eventfd);   /* BANG : can be called from interrupt context */
...
> Thank you

That's a bug in the eventfd code, not aio.  Davide: please fix.

		-ben
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