Re: [patch] real fix Re: [patch] fixed lock_super() deadlock (process in D state)

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:01:48 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> Now I know why ;)

Good debugging.

I put the __GFP_IO check inside shrink_dcache_memory() instead (that way
we may eventually decide that we can do _partial_ shrinks even when we
cannot do IO or something if it turns out to be an issue).

But basically it looks obviously correct. Thanks,

Linus

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