Re: [RFC -v2 7/8] btrfs: Prevent from early transaction abort

[Michal Hocko]

On Tue 18-08-15 19:29:14, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 18-08-15 13:11:44, Chris Mason wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 12:40:32PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Btrfs relies on GFP_NOFS allocation when commiting the transaction but
> > > since "mm: page_alloc: do not lock up GFP_NOFS allocations upon OOM"
> > > those allocations are allowed to fail which can lead to a pre-mature
> > > transaction abort:
> > 
> > I can either put the btrfs nofail ones on my pull for Linus, or you can
> > add my sob and send as one unit.  Just let me know how you'd rather do
> > it.
> 
> OK, I will rephrase the changelogs (tomorrow) to not refer to an
> unmerged patch and would appreciate if you can take them and route them
> through your tree. I will then drop them from my pile.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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