linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v4 0/2] Lockless memory allocator and list

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Message-ID: <1289908158.2109.568.camel@laptop>
Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:49:18 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4 0/2] Lockless memory allocator and list

On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 08:53 +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Hi, Len,
> 
> This patchset is needed by APEI support. Which involves some lockless
> operations. And I think they can be used by some other part of kernel
> too.

The whole notion of allocating memory from NMI context seems incredibly
offensive.

And then there's the whole point of not merging stuff without a user.
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