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Andrew Morton wrote: > > Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > why is GFP_ATOMIC used in fork.c::dup_task_struct? > > Presumably so that the allocation of the task structure can > dip into the emergency pools, giving fork a better chance > of succeeding? Or maybe it's to _make_ it fail, so we don't loop forever in a 1-order allocation? Let's find out, and add a comment, fer crissake. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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