On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > The docs for usb_submit_urb() in drivers/usb/core/urb.c lists some > possible mem_flags use cases. Among these are (where (b) and (c) are > cases needing GFP_ATOMIC and not applicable here): > > <quote> > * (3) If you use a kernel thread with a network driver you must use > * GFP_NOIO, unless (b) or (c) apply; > </quote> > > Is this example > a) wrong, or > b) not applicable, or > c) to be excluded from the new API? IMO, it may be a) or b), and we can find many GFP_KERNEL usage inside usbnet(kevent(), ...). Also (3) doesn't explain the cause. Oliver, could you give a hit? Wrt. usbnet, except for in xmit & receive handler, the rule should be same with other usb driver. Thanks, -- Ming Lei -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
