linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmatest: properly handle duplicate DMA channels

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Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:42:07 +0200
From:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmatest: properly handle duplicate DMA channels

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> One of them is incorrect.  The interface is undocumented (natch), but I
> assume that GFP_KERNEL is the one to use here.

You're right -- there's no reason to use GFP_ATOMIC there. I messed
around with various kinds of locks before I realized that it was
already protected by a mutex.

Haavard
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