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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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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