netdev - Re: [PATCH v4] ax25: use GFP_KERNEL in ax25_dev_device

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Date:   Sat, 18 Jun 2022 03:40:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Peter Lafreniere <pjlafren@....edu>
Cc:     linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        ralf@...ux-mips.org, lkp@...el.com, dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] ax25: use GFP_KERNEL in ax25_dev_device_up()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:23:33 -0400 you wrote:
> ax25_dev_device_up() is only called during device setup, which is
> done in user context. In addition, ax25_dev_device_up()
> unconditionally calls ax25_register_dev_sysctl(), which already
> allocates with GFP_KERNEL.
> 
> Since it is allowed to sleep in this function, here we change
> ax25_dev_device_up() to use GFP_KERNEL to reduce unnecessary
> out-of-memory errors.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v4] ax25: use GFP_KERNEL in ax25_dev_device_up()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f0623340fd2c

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