netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] netfilter: ipvs: use GFP_KERNEL allocation where possible

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Date:	Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:29:36 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>,
	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] netfilter: ipvs: use GFP_KERNEL allocation where
 possible

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 07:23:27AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 09:17:08PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
> > 
> > Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when registering an ipvs protocol.
> > 
> > This is safe since it will always run from a process context.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
> > Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> How does this patch meet the Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> requirements?

Sorry about that, I would like to withdraw this change from
consideration for stable.
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