Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm: system wide ALLOC_NO_WATERMARK

Christoph Lameter
2007-08-10T03:48:29Z

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> If you believe that the deadlock problems we address here can be
> better fixed by making reclaim more intelligent then please post a
> patch and we will test it. I am highly skeptical, but the proof is in
> the patch.

Then please test the patch that I posted here earlier to reclaim even if
PF_MEMALLOC is set. It may require some fixups but it should address your
issues in most vm load situations.