Re: [PATCH 05/16] xfs: rename xfs_buf_get_nodaddr to be more appropriate

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On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 16:44 +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> xfs_buf_get_nodaddr() is really used to allocate a buffer that is
> uncached. While it is not directly assigned a disk address, the fact
> that they are not cached is a more important distinction. With the
> upcoming uncached buffer read primitive, we should be consistent
> with this disctinction.
> 
> While there, make page allocation in xfs_buf_get_nodaddr() safe
> against memory reclaim re-entrancy into the filesystem by changing
> the allocation to GFP_NOFS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@xxxxxxx>



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