linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v2] scsi: efct: don't use GFP

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Message-ID: <yq1o848mmna.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:26:28 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
Cc:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <hch@....de>,
        <james.smart@...adcom.com>, <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] scsi: efct: don't use GFP_KERNEL under spin lock


Yang,

> GFP_KERNEL/GFP_DMA can't be used under a spin lock, according the
> comment of els_ios_lock, it's used to protect els ios list, so we
> can move down the spin lock to avoid using this flag under the lock.

Applied to 5.17/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering