linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparc: replace __GFP_NOFAIL with GFP_ATOMIC in mdesc

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Message-Id: <20140104.210556.1496163796108456860.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:05:56 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ethan.kernel@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: replace __GFP_NOFAIL with GFP_ATOMIC in
 mdesc_kmalloc()

From: Ethan Zhao <ethan.kernel@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:54:21 +0800

> Has kmalloc() failure checking there, so it is unnecessary to allocate with
> __GFP_NOFAIL flag that might block forever.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <ethan.kernel@...il.com>

Please submit sparc patches with sparclinux@...r.kernel.org at least
CC:'d.
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