From: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, andy@kernel.org
Cc: dan.carpenter@linaro.org, trohan2000@gmail.com,
straube.linux@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_malloc() with kmalloc()
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 22:20:45 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aYNHrXRGvWyJ82cB@JMW-Ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260204131347.3515949-3-s9430939@naver.com>
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 10:13:44PM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> Replace the wrapper function rtw_malloc() with standard kmalloc().
> Call sites were reviewed to use appropriate GFP flags (GFP_KERNEL or
> GFP_ATOMIC) based on the execution context.
>
> About GFP Flags:
> - GFP_ATOMIC is used for allocations in atomic contexts such as
> spinlock-protected sections, tasklets, and timer handlers.
> - GFP_KERNEL is used for process contexts where sleeping is allowed.
>
> Also, convert error return codes from -1 to -ENOMEM where appropriate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
> Reviewd-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Apologies, I noticed a typo in the tag.
It should be:
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Please let me know if you need me to resend v7 for this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-04 13:13 [PATCH v6 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace custom wrappers with kernel APIs Minu Jin
2026-02-04 13:13 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: introduce kmemdup() where applicable Minu Jin
2026-02-04 13:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-02-04 13:13 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_malloc() with kmalloc() Minu Jin
2026-02-04 13:20 ` Minu Jin [this message]
2026-02-04 13:30 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-02-04 13:13 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_zmalloc() with kzalloc() Minu Jin
2026-02-04 13:13 ` [PATCH v6 4/5] staging: rtl8723bs: use standard skb allocation APIs Minu Jin
2026-02-04 13:13 ` [PATCH v6 5/5] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused allocation wrapper functions Minu Jin
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