linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc3 1/2] ehea: kzalloc GFP

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Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:17:51 +0200
From:	Christoph Raisch <RAISCH@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ppc" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, ossthema@...ibm.com,
	Thomas Q Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc3 1/2] ehea: kzalloc GFP_ATOMIC fix


Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> wrote on 27.10.2006 05:13:13:

> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:11:42 +0200
> Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > This patch fixes kzalloc parameters (GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL)
>
> why?


these few kcallocs run in atomic context in some situations.
therefore GFP_KERNEL is no good idea.

Christoph R.

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