Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964825AbWHLKwG (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:52:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964824AbWHLKwG (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:52:06 -0400 Received: from relay.2ka.mipt.ru ([194.85.82.65]:60876 "EHLO 2ka.mipt.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964823AbWHLKwF (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:52:05 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:51:19 +0400 From: Evgeniy Polyakov To: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Rik van Riel , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Phillips Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] Network receive deadlock prevention for NBD Message-ID: <20060812105119.GA378@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <20060809054648.GD17446@2ka.mipt.ru> <1155127040.12225.25.camel@twins> <20060809130752.GA17953@2ka.mipt.ru> <1155130353.12225.53.camel@twins> <44DD4E3A.4040000@redhat.com> <20060812084713.GA29523@2ka.mipt.ru> <1155374390.13508.15.camel@lappy> <20060812093706.GA13554@2ka.mipt.ru> <1155377887.13508.27.camel@lappy> <20060812104224.GA12353@2ka.mipt.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060812104224.GA12353@2ka.mipt.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.7.5 (2ka.mipt.ru [0.0.0.0]); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:51:21 +0400 (MSD) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 863 Lines: 19 On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:42:26PM +0400, Evgeniy Polyakov (johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru) wrote: > > Hence the alternative allocator to use on tight memory conditions. > > If transferred to your implementation, then just steal some pages from > SLAB when new network device is added and use them when OOM happens. > It is much simpler and can help in the most of situations. And just to make things clear - I do not insult your implementation in any way, it can be 100% correct and behave perfectly. I'm just saying that there are other methods to solve the problem which seems to me more appropriate. -- Evgeniy Polyakov - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/