Andrew Morton wrote:
Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
get_request_wait needn't unplug the device immediately.
Probably. But what if the get_request(q, rw, GFP_NOIO); did
some sleeping?
It can't sleep unless it returns the request, because it
is using mempool allocs. So any time it returns NULL, it
hasn't slept.
But Jens would have a better idea of the correct behaviour.
Jens, what do you think?
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