On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 05:28:44PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: > --- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c > @@ -930,12 +930,13 @@ xfs_vm_writepage( > * random callers for direct reclaim or memcg reclaim. We explicitly > * allow reclaim from kswapd as the stack usage there is relatively low. > * > - * This should really be done by the core VM, but until that happens > - * filesystems like XFS, btrfs and ext4 have to take care of this > - * by themselves. > + * This should never happen except in the case of a VM regression so > + * warn about it. > */ > - if ((current->flags & (PF_MEMALLOC|PF_KSWAPD)) == PF_MEMALLOC) > + if ((current->flags & (PF_MEMALLOC|PF_KSWAPD)) == PF_MEMALLOC) { > + WARN_ON_ONCE(1); > goto redirty; The nicer way to write this is if (WARN_ON(current->flags & (PF_MEMALLOC|PF_KSWAPD)) == PF_MEMALLOC) goto redirty; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>