Re: [PATCH 1/7] netpoll: use GFP_ATOMIC in slave_enable_netpoll()and __netpoll_setup()

[Cong Wang]

On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 11:44 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 17:08 +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 12:10 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: 
> > > 
> > > I did this , just take it ;)
> > 
> > Do we have to pass gfp to ->ndo_netpoll_setup() too? It seems no, so far
> > I don't think we have to do that.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> 
> It is needed.
> 
> ->ndo_netpoll_setup() is called from __netpoll_setup()
> 
> So it would make no sense to allow GFP_KERNEL allocations in
> ndo_netpoll_setup() hgandlers if we called __netpoll_setup() with
> GFP_ATOMIC gfp
> 

I see your point. Thanks!


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