linux-kernel - Re: [KJ] Re: [PATCH] bugfix GFP_KERNEL -> GFP_ATOMIC in spin

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:33:11 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
To:	Yoann Padioleau <padator@...adoo.fr>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] Re: [PATCH] bugfix GFP_KERNEL -> GFP_ATOMIC in spin_locked region

Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2007 13:05 schrieb Yoann Padioleau:
> Ok. Do you have a preference on the format ?  a <file>:<line> format  ?
> 
> Is there a place that gathered all those implicit programming rules 
> (that copy_from_user must not be called inside a spinlock, etc) so that
> I can translate them in a script for our tool.

How much C does your tool understand? You might basically
test for code paths that go to "might_sleep()"

	Regards
		Oliver
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