linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] netfilter: ipvs: use GFP

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Date:	Wed, 2 May 2012 10:19:50 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	wensong@...ux-vs.org, ja@....bg, kaber@...sh.net,
	davem@...emloft.net, davej@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] netfilter: ipvs: use GFP_KERNEL allocation where
 possible

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:37:47PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when registering an ipvs protocol.
> 
> This is safe since it will always run from a process context.

For the benefit of patchwork, this patch is in ipvs-next.

Thanks again for the good work.
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