linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: warn if memory reclaim tries to flush !WQ_MEM

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Date:	Fri, 4 Dec 2015 13:51:11 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: warn if memory reclaim tries to flush
 !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM workqueue

On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 05:04:06PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > One solution is to always fail maybe_create_worker() when PF_MEMALLOC is
> > set, thus always hitting the mayday button.
> 
> I'm not following.  When PF_MEMALLOC is set where?

It seems I made a false assumption. I was thinking the worker creation
was done from queue/flush context, but its done by other workers, at a
time when PF_MEMALLOC cannot be set.

In any case, no objections to the proposed patch.
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