On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> getblk called from the fs calls grow_buffers with GFP_NOFS which doesn't
> inhibit shrink_dcache_memory to re-enter the fs in prune_dcache because
> __GFP_IO is set. And it will deadlock as usual when shrink_dcache reenter
> the fs that way.
Good c
While I was travelling disconnected from the internet the last week (I
will buy a GPRS phone soon ;) I also spotted and fixed the __GFP_BUFFER
deadlock that I was triggering on my 128m laptop while browsing large
email folders on top of crypto loop:
--- 2.4.6pre6aa1/include/linux/mm.h.~1~ Sat Jun
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