linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][UHCI-DEBUG] Don't kmalloc with BKL held

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Date:	Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:01:36 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	"Sven-Thorsten Dietrich" <sdietrich@...ell.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-rt-users" <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][UHCI-DEBUG] Don't kmalloc with BKL held

Am Freitag, 2. Oktober 2009 11:12:24 schrieb Sven-Thorsten Dietrich:
> Subject: Don't kmalloc with BKL held.
> From: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sdietrich@...e.de>
>
> I'm eyeballing this file for complete removal of lock_kernel but
> at first glance, we definitely don't need BKL to kmalloc().

The reasoning is correct, but this patch screws up the error case.
You also need to move the label.

	Regards
		Oliver

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