On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 07:48:43PM GMT, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 10:06:36AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > > vmalloc doesn't correctly respect gfp flags - gfp flags aren't used for > > pte allocation, so doing vmalloc/kvmalloc allocations with reclaim > > unsafe locks is a potential deadlock. > > Kent, the approach you've taken with this was NACKed. You merged it > anyway (!). Now you're spreading this crap further, presumably in an effort > to make it harder to remove. Excuse me? This is fixing a real issue which has been known for years. It was decided _years_ ago that PF_MEMALLOC flags were how this was going to be addressed. > Stop it. Work with us to come up with an acceptable approach. I > think there is one that will work, but you need to listen to the people > who're giving you feedback because Linux is too big of a code-base for > you to understand everything. No, you guys need to stop pushing broken shit.
