linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] slab,slub: ignore __GFP_WAIT if we're booting or suspending

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Message-Id: <1244800829.30512.40.camel@penberg-laptop>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:00:29 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, npiggin@...e.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] slab,slub: ignore __GFP_WAIT if we're booting or 
 suspending

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > Take a break, take a step back, and look at the big picture. Do you
> > > really want to find all the needles in the haystack or just make sure
> > > you wear gloves when handling the hay ? :-)

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 12:45 +0300, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> > Well, I would like to find the needles but I think we should do it with 
> > gloves on.
> > 
> > If everyone is happy with this version of Ben's patch, I'm going to just 
> > apply it and push it to Linus.

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 19:58 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Thanks :-) Looks right at first glance. I'll test tomorrow.

Nick? I do think this is the best short-term solution. We can get rid of
it later on if we decide to fix up the callers instead.

			Pekka

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