> > No problem in splitting this change into 2 patches, 1 by unconditionally use > > __GFP_NOFAIL, and another changing the behavior to use NOFAIL only inside a > > transaction. > > > > Regarding the PF_FSTRANS flag, I opted by PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS after reading the > > commit which removed PF_FSTRANS initially (didn't mean to ignore your suggestion > > Dave, my apologies if I sounded like that), but I actually didn't find any commit > > re-adding PF_FSTRANS back. I searched most trees but couldn't find any commit > > re-adding it back, could you guys please point me out where is the commit adding > > it back? > > I suspect Dave is referring to: > > "xfs: reintroduce PF_FSTRANS for transaction reservation recursion > protection" by Yang Shao. > > AFAICT it hasn't cleared akpm yet, so it's not in his quiltpile, and as > he doesn't use git there won't be a commit until it ends up in > mainline... > Thanks, I think I'll wait until it hits the mainline before trying to push this series then. -- Carlos
