Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 03 Aug 2002 15:40:48 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: question on dup_task_struct |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > > 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? >
It's not a 1-order allocation. I'll go back to sleep now. - 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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