linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] crypto: caam - fix gfp allocation flags (part II)

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:00:12 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
Cc:     David Gstir <david@...ma-star.at>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Dan Douglass <dan.douglass@....com>, richard@...ma-star.at,
        Radu Solea <radu.solea@....com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] crypto: caam - fix gfp allocation flags (part II)

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:44:46AM +0300, Horia Geantă wrote:
> This is the 2nd part of fixing the usage of GFP_KERNEL for memory
> allocations, taking care off all the places that haven't caused a real
> problem / failure.
> Again, the issue being fixed is that GFP_KERNEL should be used only when
> MAY_SLEEP flag is set, i.e. MAY_BACKLOG flag usage is orthogonal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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