On 03/18/2015 10:09 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: > page_cache_read has been historically using page_cache_alloc_cold to > allocate a new page. This means that mapping_gfp_mask is used as the > base for the gfp_mask. Many filesystems are setting this mask to > GFP_NOFS to prevent from fs recursion issues. page_cache_read is, > however, not called from the fs layer Is that true for filesystems that have directories in the page cache? -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>