linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MTD: Retry Read/Write Transfer Buffer Allocations

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Message-ID: <1301978381.2608.29.camel@koala>
Date:	Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:39:41 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Grant Erickson <marathon96@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MTD: Retry Read/Write Transfer Buffer Allocations

On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 09:05 -0700, Grant Erickson wrote:
> I propose a two-stage approach. This issue has been in the kernel for about
> six years. 
> 
> Can we take a modified version of Jarkko's or my simpler fixes for the first
> pass and then iterate toward the get_user_pages scatter/gather approach

Sure, I've just commented on your patch.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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