linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] SLUB: Use GFP_PANIC for early-boot allocations

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Message-ID: <20090509083048.GB3656@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 9 May 2009 10:30:48 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gorcunov@...nvz.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, mel@....ul.ie, riel@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] SLUB: Use GFP_PANIC for early-boot allocations


* Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 11:28 -0400, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > On Fri, 8 May 2009, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > 
> > > This patch converts SLUB early-boot code to use GFP_PANIC instead of explicit
> > > BUG_ON() calls.
> > 
> > Yirks this is not only early boot code. create_unique_id may be executed
> > whenever a slab is created.
> 
> Updated patch here:
> 
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] SLUB: Use GFP_PANIC for early-boot allocations
> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> 
> This patch converts SLUB early-boot code to use GFP_PANIC instead of BUG_ON().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

thanks Pekka!

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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