>Yes, I started implementing it but I had to reschedule on some other
Ok it's here and works for me. It's against 2.2.17pre9.
ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.2/2.2.17pre9/GFP-race-fix-1
The only fast path changed is free_pages_ok where I had to add this check:
+ if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
+ goto local_freelist;
Andrea
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