Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/4] deadlock prevention core
From: Indan Zupancic
Date: Sat Aug 12 2006 - 13:28:49 EST
On Sat, August 12, 2006 16:14, Peter Zijlstra said:
> +struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask, int fclone)
> +{
> + struct sk_buff *skb;
> +
> + skb = ___alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_MEMALLOC, fclone);
> +
> + if (!skb && (gfp_mask & __GFP_MEMALLOC) && memalloc_skbs_available())
> + skb = ___alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask, fclone);
> +
> + return skb;
> +}
> +
I'd drop the memalloc_skbs_available() check, as that's already done by
___alloc_skb.
> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(memalloc_lock);
> +static int memalloc_socks;
> +static unsigned long memalloc_reserve;
Why is this a long? adjust_memalloc_reserve() takes an int.
Is it needed at all, considering var_free_kbytes already exists?
Greetings,
Indan
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