Re: Block layer use of __GFP flags

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On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 04:40:59PM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM wasn't stripped off on purpose for non-atomic
> allocations. That was an oversight. 

OK, good.

> Do you perhaps want me to prepare a patch that makes blk_get_request() again
> respect the full gfp mask passed as third argument to blk_get_request()?

I think that would be a good idea.  If it's onerous to have extra arguments,
there are some bits in gfp_flags which could be used for your purposes.



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