linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: drop ext4

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:36:49 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        naoto.kobayashi4c@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: drop ext4_kvmalloc()

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 11:30:48AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 16-01-20 10:50:31, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > As Jan pointed out[1], as of commit 81378da64de ("jbd2: mark the
> > transaction context with the scope GFP_NOFS context") we use
> > memalloc_nofs_{save,restore}() while a jbd2 handle is active.  So
> > ext4_kvmalloc() so we can call allocate using GFP_NOFS is no longer
> > necessary.
> > 
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200109100007.GC27035@quack2.suse.cz
> 
> Your signed-off-by is missing but otherwise the patch looks good to me. You
> can add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied with my signed-off-by and a Link: trailer.

		     		      	    - Ted