linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] USB: forbid memory allocation with I/O during bus reset if storage interface exits

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:41:54 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] USB: forbid memory allocation with I/O during bus
 reset if storage interface exits

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> No, don't limit us for no good reason, that's not acceptable at all.
> Patching old kernels when new devices show up that work on those old
> kernels (like USB network devices that follow the spec with no driver
> change needed), is not a good idea.
>
> So I agree with Oliver here, this isn't acceptable.

OK, I will remove the limit in -v1 and add comments on the case.

thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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