[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] ocfs2: Use GFP_NOFS in kmalloc during localalloc window move

[Mark Fasheh]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 03:03:59PM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> kmalloc() during a localalloc window move can trigger the mm to prune
> the dcache which inturn can trigger the fs to delete an inode causing
> it start a recursive transaction.
> 
> The fix also makes the change in kmalloc during localalloc shutdown
> just to be safe.
> 
> Fixes oss bugzilla#901
> http://oss.oracle.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=901

Ok, putting this in git now.
	--Mark

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Mark Fasheh