netdev - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 3/3] pm_qos: get rid of the allocation in pm_qos_add

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Message-Id: <201007020038.20254.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2010 00:38:20 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, markgross@...gnar.org,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 3/3] pm_qos: get rid of the allocation in pm_qos_add_request()

On Friday, July 02, 2010, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 00:23 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > I would apply this one too, but I need a final changelog for it.  Care to send?
> 
> How about:
> 
> All current users of pm_qos_add_request() have the ability to supply the
> memory required by the pm_qos routines, so make them do this and
> eliminate the kmalloc() with pm_qos_add_request().  This has the double
> benefit of making the call never fail and allowing it to be called from
> atomic context.
> 
> + signoffs

OK

I'll apply it shortly.

Rafael
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