linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: use memdup

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 20:44:38 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	david-b@...bell.net, lihong.hi@...il.com,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: use memdup_user()

Am Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2009 20:31:17 schrieb Andrew Morton:
> > > There must be some particular action which flips the thread of control
> > > from one state to the other.  eg, taking of a lock.
> >
> > Basically assigning an interface to the storage or ub driver.
>
> That's hardly enough information for anyone to understand what you
> mean :(

But isn't that always the same? If you take a lock that a method in the block
IO takes, you must use GFP_NOIO. What exactly do you want me to explain
better?

	Regards
		Oliver



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