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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] slab,slub: ignore __GFP_WAIT if we're booting or 
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From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > Take a break, take a step back, and look at the big picture. Do you
> > > really want to find all the needles in the haystack or just make sure
> > > you wear gloves when handling the hay ? :-)

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 12:45 +0300, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> > Well, I would like to find the needles but I think we should do it with 
> > gloves on.
> > 
> > If everyone is happy with this version of Ben's patch, I'm going to just 
> > apply it and push it to Linus.

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 19:58 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Thanks :-) Looks right at first glance. I'll test tomorrow.

Nick? I do think this is the best short-term solution. We can get rid of
it later on if we decide to fix up the callers instead.

			Pekka