NeilBrown
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When a direct-write completes, a work_struct is schedule to handle the completion. When NFS is being used for swap, the direct write might be a swap-out, so memory allocation can block until the write completes. The work queue currently used is not WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, so tasks can block waiting for memory - this leads to deadlock. So use nfsiod_workqueue instead. This will always have a running thread, and work items should never block waiting for memory. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.