netdev - Re: [PATCH 30/30] nfs: fix various memory recursions possible with swap over NFS.

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:19:01 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@....uio.no,
	Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 30/30] nfs: fix various memory recursions possible with
	swap over NFS.

On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 20:15 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 19:46 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > > > GFP_NOFS is not enough, since swap traffic is IO, hence fall back to GFP_NOIO.
> > > 
> > > this comment imply turn on GFP_NOIO, but the code is s/NOFS/NOIO/. why?
> > 
> > Does the misunderstanding stem from the use of 'enough'?
> > 
> > GFP_NOFS is _more_ permissive than GFP_NOIO in that it will initiate IO,
> > just not of any filesystem data.
> > 
> 
> 
> > The problem is that previuosly NOFS was correct because that avoids
> > recursion into the NFS code, it now is not, because also IO (swap) can
> > lead to this recursion.
> 
> 
> Thanks nicer explain.
> So, I hope add above 3 line to patch description.

Done, thanks!

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