On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:03 PM, nidhi mittal <nidhimittal19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi > i have written a very simple ram based block device driver > processing request asynchronously > > wherein > in request function -- dequeue the req from req queue and add it to the > linked list > then in the function triggered by timer > handle each req from the linked list > then blk_end_requets is called upon completion of request . > > > blkdev_dequeue_request(req); > my_req = (struct filtered_request*)kzalloc(sizeof(struct > filtered_request),GFP_KERNEL); In request function, you should use GFP_ATOMIC Thanks -Lal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
