Re: [RFC]jbd2: use GFP_NOFS for blkdev_issue_flush

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On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:27:35AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> 
> flush request is issued in transaction commit code path, so looks using
> GFP_KERNEL to allocate memory for flush request bio falls into the classic
> deadlock issue.  I saw btrfs and dm get it right, but ext4, xfs and md are
> using GFP_KERNEL, which makes me confused. Hoping filesystem developers
> clarify.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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