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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Deadlock during heavy write activity to userspace NFS server on local NFS mount
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På ty , 27/07/2004 klokka 21:29, skreiv Nick Piggin:

> There is some need arising for a call to set the PF_MEMALLOC flag for
> userspace tasks, so you could probably get a patch accepted. Don't
> call it KSWAPD_HELPER though, maybe MEMFREE or RECLAIM or RECLAIM_HELPER.
>
> But why is your NFS server needed to reclaim memory? Do you have the
> filesystem mounted locally?

...and why can't this problem be fixed by judicious use of mlock()?

Cheers,
Trond
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