Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:05:46 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Use of getblk differs between locations |
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Jeff Mahoney wrote: > No, it's not, and deadlock is definitely possible. However, if we're at > the point where memory is tight enough that it's an issue, the timer can > expire and all the pending i/o is dropped just as it would be without > the multipath code enabled.
Followed by requesting a dialog to tell the user that their dirty data/metadata has been dropped :)
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