Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: Rename ext4_kvmalloc() to ext4_kvmalloc_nofs() and drop its flags argument

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 01:37:24PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> 
> Ted, I don't think this patch is needed at all - see my email [1]. Sadly
> Naoto didn't reply to my question whether he really saw any deadlock /
> lockdep splat or whether it was just a theoretical concern he had...

Thanks, good point.  So what we should do instead is just drop
ext4_kvmalloc() entirely.

						- Ted



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