Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 1/1] NBD: allow nbd to be used locally

To: Paul Clements <paul.clements@...124...>
Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net, Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@...154...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...133...>, linux-kernel@...25...
Subject: Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 1/1] NBD: allow nbd to be used locally
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...28...>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:29:17 +0100
Message-id: <20080310102917.GA27751@...155...>
In-reply-to: <47D468F0.8000506@...124...>
References: <47D468F0.8000506@...124...>

Hi!

> This patch allows a Network Block Device to be mounted locally (nbd-client 
> to nbd-server over 127.0.0.1).
>
> It creates a kthread to avoid the deadlock described in NBD tools 
> documentation. So, if nbd-client hangs waiting for pages, the kblockd 
> thread can continue its work and free pages.

What happens if your new kthread blocks on memory allocation?
									Pavel-- 
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