Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:08:53 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: pci_alloc_consistent from interrupt == BAD | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:52:05 -0500
> It [GFP_HIGH] is a trivial fix whereas backing > out this ability to call pci_alloc_consistent from interrupts is not > a trivial change at all. David, would you make a statement about pci_free_consistent. I find it annoying that it cannot be called from an interrupt. It is not an unreasonable requirement. Wasn't there some problem with the pci pool stuff if it free'd up a chunk in an interrupt? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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