From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
To: Oliver Neukum <Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: question on dup_task_struct
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 15:29:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D4C5935.568C1CF2@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D4C57BB.9D735B13@zip.com.au
Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> Oliver Neukum wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > why is GFP_ATOMIC used in fork.c::dup_task_struct?
>
> Presumably so that the allocation of the task structure can
> dip into the emergency pools, giving fork a better chance
> of succeeding?
Or maybe it's to _make_ it fail, so we don't loop forever in
a 1-order allocation?
Let's find out, and add a comment, fer crissake.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-03 22:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-03 20:34 question on dup_task_struct Oliver Neukum
2002-08-03 22:22 ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-03 22:29 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-08-03 22:40 ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-04 1:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-08-04 13:42 ` Rik van Riel
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