linux-kernel - Re: request_firmware API exhaust memory

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Message-ID: <20100419145934.GA10893@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:59:34 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: request_firmware API exhaust memory

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:20:34PM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> Lately we've been developing a device that rather more extensively
> used request_firmware API in load and also using pm_notifiers to load
> firmware.

Do you have a pointer to your driver source anywhere that shows how you
are trying to use the firmware api in this manner?

thanks,

greg k-h
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