Re: [PATCH] bcachefs: Switch to memalloc_flags_do() for vmalloc allocations

[Kent Overstreet]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 07:48:43PM GMT, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 10:06:36AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > vmalloc doesn't correctly respect gfp flags - gfp flags aren't used for
> > pte allocation, so doing vmalloc/kvmalloc allocations with reclaim
> > unsafe locks is a potential deadlock.
> 
> Kent, the approach you've taken with this was NACKed.  You merged it
> anyway (!).  Now you're spreading this crap further, presumably in an effort
> to make it harder to remove.

Excuse me? This is fixing a real issue which has been known for years.

It was decided _years_ ago that PF_MEMALLOC flags were how this was
going to be addressed.

> Stop it.  Work with us to come up with an acceptable approach.  I
> think there is one that will work, but you need to listen to the people
> who're giving you feedback because Linux is too big of a code-base for
> you to understand everything.

No, you guys need to stop pushing broken shit.