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Richard Yao f90096c905 Modify KM_PUSHPAGE to use GFP_NOIO instead of GFP_NOFS
The resolution of issue #31 made KM_PUSHPAGE imply GFP_NOFS.  This
was done to prevent situations where filesystem operations which are
holding locks enter direct reclaim and attempt to reaquire those
same locks.  This clearly will result in a deadlock.

This works for datasets which are implemented in terms for filesystem
operations.  But unfortunately, swapping to a zvol will encounter
many of the same deadlocks and GFP_NOFS will not prevent this.  As
such, it is appropriate to extend KM_PUSHPAGE to use the broader
GFP_NOIO mask to handle these non-filesystem cases.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Issue zfsonlinux/zfs#342
Closes #105
2012-05-07 12:05:27 -07:00
cmd Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
config Fix distribution detection 2012-03-05 10:38:38 -08:00
include Modify KM_PUSHPAGE to use GFP_NOIO instead of GFP_NOFS 2012-05-07 12:05:27 -07:00
lib Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
module Add SPLAT test to exercise slab direct reclaim 2012-05-07 11:55:59 -07:00
patches Reimplement rwlocks for Linux lock profiling/analysis. 2009-09-18 16:09:47 -07:00
scripts Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
.gitignore Ignore unsigned module build products 2010-03-11 14:29:17 -08:00
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autogen.sh Public Release Prep 2010-05-17 15:18:00 -07:00
ChangeLog Prep for spl-0.5.0 tag 2010-08-13 09:33:50 -07:00
configure Fix distribution detection 2012-03-05 10:38:38 -08:00
configure.ac Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
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Makefile.am Add the release component to headers 2012-01-18 11:06:26 -08:00
Makefile.in Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
META SPL 0.6.0-rc8 2012-03-26 11:57:13 -07:00
PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
PKGBUILD-spl.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
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spl_config.h.in Add --enable-debug-log configure option 2012-02-02 11:27:54 -08:00
spl-modules.spec.in Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
spl.spec.in Fix rpm dependencies 2012-01-18 11:24:36 -08:00

The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal modification. This can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Solaris development closely and dont want the overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives to Linux primitives.

To build packages for your distribution:

$ ./configure
$ make pkg

Full documentation for building, configuring, and using the SPL can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org