Re: OOM and USB, latest Linux 2.6
Alan Stern <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Dan Aloni wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible that OOM isn't handled very well if say, my entire > file system structure is on a USB storage device? > > I'm not an expert on this particular matter but I'm pretty sure > that I noticed GFP_KERNEL allocation being done on the write-out > path in the usb-storage kernel thread, leading to a deadlock > during OOM. Can you be any more specific than that? usb-storage should use only GFP_NOIO in its I/O paths. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel