linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: document scope NOFS, NOIO APIs

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Message-ID: <1f870f27-2ef9-fced-30d9-20cae52789b2@suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 28 May 2018 13:32:33 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: document scope NOFS, NOIO APIs

On 05/25/2018 09:52 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 24-05-18 09:37:18, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 05/24/2018 04:43 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> [...]
>>> +The traditional way to avoid this deadlock problem is to clear __GFP_FS
>>> +resp. __GFP_IO (note the later implies clearing the first as well) in
>>
>>                             latter
> 
> ?
> No I really meant that clearing __GFP_IO implies __GFP_FS clearing

In that case "latter" is the proper word AFAIK. You could also use
"former" instead of "first". Or maybe just repeat the flag names to
avoid confusion...