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See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-Rspamd-Server: rspam12 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 9C720100007 X-Stat-Signature: 6f3se7uc1zj1m9nsq3hzytbzw68mqmwu X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1786377613-81984 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX19zqGbf8sAaMEmy0pkI5vF9b1BUN3rGKnPTGHnDvs4LjENIkyJCCfrApBeqJHkaASghxTcWew3V78GgW4y9csM+iDssYizLITXVtP0yPBsrQKJ2L2zCsgJlvEw0XI1PVjzxkblruGe4uV/RClHoPzsGFfEfCLcxlHVVbcXH1ZyMZKwmh4YxTYdpkJHYHCxHbdtZWT7QASUCqZmqw3oivykk2KmqC3OUu/UGpU0BN2tXcjO66cWroRJmeiWME8n1RnK/aD1PzQBvU68+sHKrPoXeAiJjvSYJg0WwN/T9tYDFoKl5eOtv9imGPVpO/+4cqLiuOe1Xo3izVudzlGZ7SJQ045Ae5Opja3Z3CI3xT66ppcqwm87zsz5QQqrgCrVokIFbLxM/QNUW9KgmgG3IBYYZAGaOKbJH/fZMImG4bhwn5qL4dlZruMs6ejiEiX+2tNEZ/y6uV8gA7wWXZBVPyNGl3xkl+CsoGW9KSHdTkAiFAC07TJHjcv8B8rzGx/Ml84aKl/Lzu6Kkzujo7qMA+o5ATxSu7IDeXE4x0fAdEX4AuwybRX2z4ENf0GuSujCk9m9yvW65rRxN6mAQYLEUE2W3O0RmmNhqx+VHJDdiAzEgajTWkZbj4K4JHzbPfn8osAHpGEs7+PLQ31OIJgoU55IIrTCrHIVyHgj0fYwiedWhRYlMgME7CaJ+ZCopvGN0AL5kDMuwSmrRiDNtVIxWFwK247lgB/2ZJrsHH7mXg7kRGcwy8p7Q+6lLLMpbXAB0rCgFpIbOEmDlXartRMJNyfN0ThYIN01KIEOMwYw3moC2/jjf+14E4OqVjlObyLNf/EYZseo0zTssFPpTxLfmMTPZtxNE/9DYcslHUBqvTt+pDwWShIMB8wFga/fAsQtFhbfzEq1U7LnPDAobWYCVkyMhww9fYnIWkMesqrv290v6q5K8IkNHFayrjWxkAbNjuXdEaoamitP dyLgfWzR 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 03:10:30PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > To fix a deadlock, blk-crypto-fallback needs to be able to make fallible > mempool_alloc_bulk() allocations. It doesn't. fallible mempool allocations are a concept that doesn't make much sense. Please just go straight to the backing page allocator instead for callers that do not need the mempool guarantees.