netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net] netns: fix GFP flags in rtnl_net

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Date:   Sun, 13 Oct 2019 10:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gnault@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        ast@...mgrid.com, jesse@...ira.com, pshelar@...ira.com,
        jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net] netns: fix GFP flags in rtnl_net_notifyid()

From: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 21:07:29 +0200

> Before I spend more time on this, do we have a chance to make
> ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() and __dev_notify_flags() sleepable?
> I'd like to avoid passing GFP flags along these call chains, if at all
> possible.

OVS folks, please weigh in.

Thanks.