linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: discard use gfp

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Date:	Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:10:51 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: discard use gfp_mask

On Wed, Dec 30 2009, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> blkdev_issue_discard() takes a gfp_mask argument: usually GFP_KERNEL,
> but GFP_NOIO from swap and GFP_NOFS from gfs2.  blkdev_issue_discard()
> should use that for its alloc_page(), instead of assuming GFP_KERNEL.

An identical patch from OGAWA Hirofumi is already included in my current
tree. Linus hasn't pulled it yet, but I did send out a request
yesterday. So hopefully it'll show up in a -git near you soon :-)

-- 
Jens Axboe

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