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Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 15:40:48 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
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To: Oliver Neukum <Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>,
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Subject: Re: question on dup_task_struct
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > why is GFP_ATOMIC used in fork.c::dup_task_struct?
> >
> > Presumably so that the allocation of the task structure can
> > dip into the emergency pools, giving fork a better chance
> > of succeeding?
> 
> Or maybe it's to _make_ it fail, so we don't loop forever in
> a 1-order allocation?
> 

It's not a 1-order allocation.  I'll go back to sleep now.
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