Re: [PATCH 8/8] Revert "ext4: fix wrong gfp type under transaction"

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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:37:35AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> If this ever turn out to be a problem and with the vmapped stacks we
> have good chances to get a proper stack traces on a potential overflow
> we can add the scope API around the problematic code path with the
> explanation why it is needed.

Yeah, or maybe we can automate it?  Can the reclaim code check how
much stack space is left and do the right thing automatically?

The reason why I'm nervous is that nojournal mode is not a common
configuration, and "wait until production systems start failing" is
not a strategy that I or many SRE-types find.... comforting.

So if we can assure ourselves that the right thing will happen
automatically, or that lockdep will detect a required GFP_NOFS when
running tests, the happier I'll be.

					- Ted
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