From: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
To: Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@hitachi.com>
Cc: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com,
xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com, yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] xfs: pass KM_SLEEP flag to kmem_realloc() in xlog_recover_add_to_cnt_trans()
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:50:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120131175053.GG7762@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120127063726.16227.681.stgit@ltc219.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 03:37:26PM +0900, Mitsuo Hayasaka wrote:
> The kmem_realloc() in xfs is given KM_* memory allocation flags. And it
> allocates memory using kmalloc() after they are converted to gfp_mask
> flags. In xlog_recover_add_to_cont_trans(), 0u is passed to kmem_realloc(),
> instead of them. I guess it is preferred to use them, and here memory must
> be allocated but don't have to be done with GFP_ATOMIC. So, this patch
> changes it to KM_SLEEP.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@hitachi.com>
> Cc: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
> Cc: Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Looks good. Consistent with other kmem_*alloc in log recovery.
Reviewed-by: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-31 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-27 6:37 [RFC PATCH] xfs: pass KM_SLEEP flag to kmem_realloc() in xlog_recover_add_to_cnt_trans() Mitsuo Hayasaka
2012-01-27 10:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-01-31 17:50 ` Ben Myers [this message]
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