On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:35:30PM +0530, Hariprasad Kelam wrote: > As per below information > > GFP_KERNEL FLAG > > This is a normal allocation and might block. This is the flag to use in > process context code when it is safe to sleep. > > GFP_ATOMIC FLAG > > The allocation is high-priority and does not sleep. This is the flag to > use in interrupt handlers, bottom halves and other situations where you > cannot sleep > > And we can take advantage of GFP_KERNEL , as when system is in low > memory chances of getting success is high compared to GFP_ATOMIC. > > As visornic_probe is in process context we can use GPF_KERNEL. Ah, nice catch! Will go queue this up now, thanks. greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
