Re: [PATCH 3/3] fs: Use memalloc_nofs_save in generic_perform_write

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To: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] fs: Use memalloc_nofs_save in generic_perform_write
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 08:10:22 +0100
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20180321224429.15860-4-rgoldwyn@suse.de>
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On Wed 21-03-18 17:44:29, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Perform generic_perform_write() under memalloc_nofs because any allocations
> should not recurse into fs writebacks.

Why? What is the deadlock scenario?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

References:
- [PATCH 0/3] fs: Use memalloc_nofs_save/restore scope API
  - From: Goldwyn Rodrigues
- [PATCH 3/3] fs: Use memalloc_nofs_save in generic_perform_write
  - From: Goldwyn Rodrigues

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