Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:51:39 -0600 | From | yodaiken@fsmlabs ... | Subject | Re: the new VMt |
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 07:18:29PM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote: > yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote: > > walk = out; > > while(nfds > 0) { > > poll_table *tmp = (poll_table *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL); > > if (!tmp) { > > Shouldn't this be GFP_USER? (Which would also conveniently fix the > problem Victor's pointing out...)
It should probably be GFP_ATOMIC, if I understand the mm right.
The algorithm for requesting a collection of reources and freeing all of them on failure is simple, fast, and robust.
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