From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
To: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: add GFP flag to media_*() that could get called in atomic context
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:22:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160314072236.GO11084@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1457833689-4926-1-git-send-email-shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
Hi Shuah,
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 06:48:09PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Add GFP flags to media_create_pad_link(), media_create_intf_link(),
> media_devnode_create(), and media_add_link() that could get called
> in atomic context to allow callers to pass in the right flags for
> memory allocation.
>
> tree-wide driver changes for media_*() GFP flags change:
> Change drivers to add gfpflags to interffaces, media_create_pad_link(),
> media_create_intf_link() and media_devnode_create().
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
> Suggested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
What's the use case for calling the above functions in an atomic context?
--
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Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@iki.fi XMPP: sailus@retiisi.org.uk
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From: sakari.ailus@iki.fi (Sakari Ailus)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] media: add GFP flag to media_*() that could get called in atomic context
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:22:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160314072236.GO11084@valkosipuli.retiisi.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1457833689-4926-1-git-send-email-shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
Hi Shuah,
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 06:48:09PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Add GFP flags to media_create_pad_link(), media_create_intf_link(),
> media_devnode_create(), and media_add_link() that could get called
> in atomic context to allow callers to pass in the right flags for
> memory allocation.
>
> tree-wide driver changes for media_*() GFP flags change:
> Change drivers to add gfpflags to interffaces, media_create_pad_link(),
> media_create_intf_link() and media_devnode_create().
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
> Suggested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
What's the use case for calling the above functions in an atomic context?
--
Regards,
Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus at iki.fi XMPP: sailus at retiisi.org.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-14 7:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-13 1:48 [PATCH] media: add GFP flag to media_*() that could get called in atomic context Shuah Khan
2016-03-13 1:48 ` Shuah Khan
2016-03-13 8:30 ` Nicholas Mc Guire
2016-03-13 8:30 ` Nicholas Mc Guire
2016-03-13 8:30 ` Nicholas Mc Guire
2016-03-13 11:50 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-13 11:50 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-14 7:22 ` Sakari Ailus [this message]
2016-03-14 7:22 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-14 10:13 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-14 10:13 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-14 10:33 ` Takashi Iwai
2016-03-14 10:33 ` Takashi Iwai
2016-03-14 10:33 ` Takashi Iwai
2016-03-14 10:52 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-14 10:52 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-14 11:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-14 11:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-14 12:09 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-14 12:09 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-15 15:55 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-15 15:55 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-16 8:28 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-16 8:28 ` Sakari Ailus
2016-03-16 12:02 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-03-16 12:02 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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