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Re: grab_cache_page deadlock | was Re: set_buffer_dirty_uptodate

To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: grab_cache_page deadlock | was Re: set_buffer_dirty_uptodate
From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:36:36 +0100
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>, Rajagopal Ananthanarayanan <ananth@xxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012291358230.13063-100000@freak.distro.conectiva>; from marcelo@conectiva.com.br on Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 01:59:05PM -0200
References: <20001229184444.H12791@athlon.random> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012291358230.13063-100000@freak.distro.conectiva>
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On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 01:59:05PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>                  * We have to do this because something else might eat
>                  * the memory kswapd frees for us and we need to be
>                  * reliable. Note that we don't loop back for higher

This looks bad design.

Andrea

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