[openib-general] ipoib lockdep warning
Roland Dreier
rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Jul 12 12:06:37 PDT 2006
> i agree that the IDR subsystem should be irq-safe if GFP_ATOMIC is
> passed in. So the _irqsave()/_irqrestore() fix should be done.
OK, I will send the idr change to Andrew.
> But i also think that you should avoid using GFP_ATOMIC for any sort of
> reliable IO path and push as much work into process context as possible.
> Is it acceptable for your infiniband IO model to fail with -ENOMEM if
> GFP_ATOMIC happens to fail, and is the IO retried transparently?
Yes, I think it's OK. This idr use is in an inherently unreliable
path. With that said, as Michael pointed out, we can change things to
use GFP_ATOMIC less.
Thanks,
Roland
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