from everything i'd ever read, i was under the impression that a memory allocation might be GFP_KERNEL or GFP_ATOMIC, but not both. however, there are at least a couple calls in the kernel where both of those flags are used simultaneously. does that make sense? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ