Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 27.10.2006 05:13:13:

> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:11:42 +0200
> Jan-Bernd Themann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > This patch fixes kzalloc parameters (GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL)
>
> why?


these few kcallocs run in atomic context in some situations.
therefore GFP_KERNEL is no good idea.

Christoph R.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Reply via email to