[RFC PATCH] xfs: pass KM_SLEEP flag to kmem_realloc() in xlog_recover_add_to_cnt_trans()

Christoph Hellwig hch at infradead.org
Fri Jan 27 04:52:53 CST 2012


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.

Looks good.  I actually just noticed it when changing the kmem_realloc
implementation, but let's put your patch in before that and send it off
to Linus ASAP.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>




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