From 849369d6c66d3054688672f97d31fceb8e8230fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 04:40:36 +0000 Subject: initial_commit --- Documentation/aoe/todo.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/aoe/todo.txt (limited to 'Documentation/aoe/todo.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/todo.txt b/Documentation/aoe/todo.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c09dfad4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/aoe/todo.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +There is a potential for deadlock when allocating a struct sk_buff for +data that needs to be written out to aoe storage. If the data is +being written from a dirty page in order to free that page, and if +there are no other pages available, then deadlock may occur when a +free page is needed for the sk_buff allocation. This situation has +not been observed, but it would be nice to eliminate any potential for +deadlock under memory pressure. + +Because ATA over Ethernet is not fragmented by the kernel's IP code, +the destructor member of the struct sk_buff is available to the aoe +driver. By using a mempool for allocating all but the first few +sk_buffs, and by registering a destructor, we should be able to +efficiently allocate sk_buffs without introducing any potential for +deadlock. -- cgit v1.2.3