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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Kill PF_MEMALLOC abuse
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:27:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091117102701.GA16472@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091117192232.3DF9.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:24:42PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> if xfsbufd doesn't only write out dirty data but also drop page,
> I agree you. 

It then drops the reference to the buffer which drops references to the
pages, which often are the last references, yes.


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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Kill PF_MEMALLOC abuse
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:27:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091117102701.GA16472@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091117192232.3DF9.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:24:42PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> if xfsbufd doesn't only write out dirty data but also drop page,
> I agree you. 

It then drops the reference to the buffer which drops references to the
pages, which often are the last references, yes.

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-17 10:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-17  7:16 [PATCH 0/7] Kill PF_MEMALLOC abuse KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:16 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:17 ` [PATCH 1/7] dm: use __GFP_HIGH instead PF_MEMALLOC KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:17   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 13:15   ` Alasdair G Kergon
2009-11-17 13:15     ` Alasdair G Kergon
2009-11-17 13:15     ` Alasdair G Kergon
2009-11-18  6:17     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  6:17       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  6:17     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:17 ` [PATCH 2/7] mmc: Don't use PF_MEMALLOC KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:17   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 10:29   ` Alan Cox
2009-11-17 10:29     ` Alan Cox
2009-11-17 10:29     ` Alan Cox
2009-11-17 10:32     ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-17 10:32       ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-17 10:38       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-11-17 10:38         ` Oliver Neukum
2009-11-17 11:58     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 11:58       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 12:51       ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-17 12:51         ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-17 20:47         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-17 20:47           ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-18  0:01           ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-18  0:01             ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-18  9:56             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-18  9:56               ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-18 10:31               ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-18 10:31                 ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-18 10:54                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-18 10:54                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-18 11:15                   ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-18 11:15                     ` Minchan Kim
2009-11-17  7:18 ` [PATCH 3/7] mtd: " KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:18   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:18   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:19 ` [PATCH 4/7] nandsim: " KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:19   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:19   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-23 15:00   ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-23 15:00     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-23 15:00     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-11-23 20:01     ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-23 20:01       ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-23 20:01       ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-24 10:46       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-24 10:46         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-24 10:46         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-24 11:56         ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-24 11:56           ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-24 11:56           ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-25  0:42           ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-25  0:42             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-25  0:42             ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-25  7:13             ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-25  7:13               ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-25  7:13               ` Adrian Hunter
2009-11-25  7:18               ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-25  7:18                 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-25  7:18                 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:21 ` [PATCH 5/7] Revert "Intel IOMMU: Avoid memory allocation failures in dma map api calls" KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:21   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:22 ` [PATCH 6/7] cifs: Don't use PF_MEMALLOC KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:22   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:32   ` [PATCH] Mark cifs mailing list as "moderated as non-subscribers" KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:32     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 12:47   ` [PATCH 6/7] cifs: Don't use PF_MEMALLOC Jeff Layton
2009-11-17 12:47     ` Jeff Layton
2009-11-17 16:40     ` Steve French
2009-11-18  6:31       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  6:31         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 16:41     ` Steve French
2009-11-17  7:23 ` [PATCH 7/7] xfs: " KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:23   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  7:23   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 22:11   ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-17 22:11     ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-17 22:11     ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-17 22:11     ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-18  8:56     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  8:56       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  8:56       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  8:56       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18 22:16       ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-18 22:16         ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-18 22:16         ` Dave Chinner
2009-11-17  8:07 ` [PATCH 0/7] Kill PF_MEMALLOC abuse David Rientjes
2009-11-17  8:07   ` David Rientjes
2009-11-17  8:33   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  8:33     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17  8:36     ` David Rientjes
2009-11-17  8:36       ` David Rientjes
2009-11-17 20:56     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-17 20:56       ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-18  5:55       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-18  5:55         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 10:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-11-17 10:15   ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-11-17 10:24   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 10:24     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 10:27     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2009-11-17 10:27       ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-11-17 12:24       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 12:24         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-17 12:47         ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-11-17 12:47           ` Christoph Hellwig

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