Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: don't use PF_MEMALLOC

[Jens Axboe]

On 03/16/2016 04:43 AM, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> PF_MEMALLOC is assigned to processes by mm. If drivers prevent memory
> reclaim and mm is not in control, strange hang-up or OOM Killer invocation
> could happen.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I use MMC cards with this change perfectly fine. As I understand it,
> even *if* PF_MEMALLOC has a real reason to be here, I think it should
> be very well documented.

Did you try swap on mmcblk?

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Jens Axboe