Also sprach Manfred Spraul:
} Bill Wendling wrote:
} >
} > Here's a patch to clean up some things in the fs/select.c file. The first
} > is to reduce the number of times the do_pollfd() function is called by
} > moving the loop into the function. There was also a way to move kernel
} > locking closer to the code it needed to be near in the select()
} > functions.
} >
}
} Could you please wait with this patch? It's unclear if it's allowed or
} illegal to call __get_free_page() while "current->state !=
} TASK_RUNNING". __pollwait() does exactly that.
}
} I've written a similar patch, but I'll wait until the allocation problem
} has settled down (the "2.2.15pre5: still very unstable" thread).
}
} And _pollwait() ignores oom. Hmm. I think my patch is required. I'll
} merge your changes and forward the result to Linus. Ok?
}
That sounds fine. Thanks.
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