linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/14] NFS: Introduce lifecycle management for label attribute.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.1.10.0812051643060.12208@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:45:15 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	"David P. Quigley" <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov>
cc:	hch@...radead.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, casey@...aufler-ca.com,
	sds@...ho.nsa.gov, "Matthew N. Dodd" <matthew.dodd@...rta.com>,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, bfields@...ldses.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	labeled-nfs@...ux-nfs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/14] NFS: Introduce lifecycle management for label
 attribute.

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, David P. Quigley wrote:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL
> +	if (nfs_server_capable(dir, NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL))
> +		error = nfs_fattr_alloc(&fattr, GFP_NOWAIT);
> +	if (error < 0)
> +		goto out_bad;
> +#endif

Why GFP_NOWAIT ?

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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