Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Jul 2000 23:55:08 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: More 2.2.17pre9 VM issues |
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > >>Yes, I started implementing it but I had to reschedule on some other > >Ok it's here and works for me. It's against 2.2.17pre9. > > ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.2/2.2.17pre9/GFP-race-fix-1 > >The only fast path changed is free_pages_ok where I had to add this check: > >+ if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) >+ goto local_freelist;
The -1 version had an harmless minor bug: it was wasting 4k of memory. It's fixed in the -2 revision:
ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.2/2.2.17pre9/GFP-race-fix-2
Andrea
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