Re: [PATCH 2/2] Btrfs: load the key from the dir item in readdir into a fake dentry

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Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> +
> +				newkey = kzalloc(sizeof(struct btrfs_key),
> +						 GFP_NOFS);
> +				if (!newkey)
> +					goto no_dentry;
> +				tmp = d_alloc(filp->f_dentry, &q);

This doesn't seem to address the "find / fills all memory with dentries"
concerns brought up earlier at all.

d_alloc uses a normal GFP_KERNEL, which is quite in appropiate for this.

It should at least reclaim and probably more, but even then it's
risky.

-Andi

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