Re: tcp_do_sendmsg() allocation still broken ?

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Sat Oct 28 2000 - 20:34:55 EST


   Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 02:16:42 +0100
   From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

   On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:13:27PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Think about nbd.

   Making tcp_do_sendmsg use GFP_ATOMIC would make it too unreliable for other
   situations. Penalizing the whole system just for nbd is not a good idea.

Andi, sk->allocation not GFP_ATOMIC.

This is such an old topic Andi, I am surprised you forget all these details
so quickly.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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