Re: fix confusion around GFP_* flags and blk_get_request

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Jens, any comments?

On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 09:54:02AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this series sorts out the mess around how we use gfp flags in the
> block layer get_request interface.
> 
> Changes since RFC:
>   - don't switch to GFP_NOIO for allocations in blk_get_request.
>     blk_get_request is used by the multipath code in potentially dead lock
>     prone areas, so this will need a separate audit and maybe a flag.
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