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SubjectRe: [linux-usb-devel] Re: USB hangs
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Am Montag, 12. Januar 2004 08:39 schrieb Matthew Dharm:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 08:11:58PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> >
> > >>> Plus I'd
> > >>>argue PF_MEMALLOC is a better solution anyway.
> > >>
> > >>It certainly seems like a more comprehensive fix for that
> > >>particular class of problems! :)
> > >
> > >
> > >Is it really more comprehensive? As I see it, it will only affect code
> > >executed in the context of the usb-storage thread. But, what about code
> > >which is invoked in tasklets or other contexts?
> >
> > Isn't it true that only that thread is allowed to
> > submit usb-storage i/o requests?
>
> That's very true.
>
> What I'm concerned about is the downstream effects of a usb_submit_urb() or
> the corresponding scatter-gather equivalents.

In 2.4 they all run in interrupt or thread context IIRC.
Problematic is the SCSI error handling thread. It can call usb_reset_device()
which calls down and does allocations.
Does that thread also do the PF_MEMALLOC trick?

Regards
Oliver


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