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From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] async scsi scanning, version 11
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:43:45 -0400
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 01:06:24PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
 > +
 > +int scsi_complete_async_scans(void)
 > +{
 > +	struct async_scan_data *data;
 > +
 > +	do {
 > +		if (list_empty(&scanning_hosts))
 > +			return 0;
 > +		data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 > +		if (!data)
 > +			msleep(1);
 > +	} while (!data);

does __GFP_NOFAIL or __GFP_REPEAT have the desired effect here? 

	Dave