Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:22:37 +0200 | From | Sakari Ailus <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] media: add GFP flag to media_*() that could get called in atomic context |
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Hi Shuah,
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 06:48:09PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote: > Add GFP flags to media_create_pad_link(), media_create_intf_link(), > media_devnode_create(), and media_add_link() that could get called > in atomic context to allow callers to pass in the right flags for > memory allocation. > > tree-wide driver changes for media_*() GFP flags change: > Change drivers to add gfpflags to interffaces, media_create_pad_link(), > media_create_intf_link() and media_devnode_create(). > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> > Suggested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
What's the use case for calling the above functions in an atomic context?
-- Regards,
Sakari Ailus e-mail: sakari.ailus@iki.fi XMPP: sailus@retiisi.org.uk
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