linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: fix sense

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Message-ID: <47FBD91A.2050700@cs.helsinki.fi>
Date:	Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:44:10 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: fix sense_slab/bio swapping livelock

Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> So something like this fugly patch on top of the SLUB variable order 
> patches that let the allocator fall-back to smaller page orders. Survives 
> OOM in my testing and the box seems to be bit more responsive even under X 
> with this.

...uh-oh hand over the paper bag. I have no GFP_TEMPORARY allocations 
going on...
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