Peter Zijlstra wrote: > NAK, I really utterly dislike that inatomic argument. The alloc side > doesn't function in atomic context either. Please keep the thing > symmetric in that regards. Excuse me. kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may sleep (and therefore cannot be used in atomic context). However, kfree() for memory allocated with kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL) never sleep (and therefore can be used in atomic context). Why kmalloc() and kfree() are NOT kept symmetric? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>