* gfp_flag
@ 2015-09-14 3:33 Ronit Halder
2015-09-14 4:21 ` gfp_flag Greg KH
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From: Ronit Halder @ 2015-09-14 3:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
In drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in line 1475 and 1493 gfp_flag
is set to -1
what are these lines doing?
regards,
Ronit
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* gfp_flag
2015-09-14 3:33 gfp_flag Ronit Halder
@ 2015-09-14 4:21 ` Greg KH
2015-09-14 6:09 ` gfp_flag Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2015-09-14 6:17 ` gfp_flag Ronit Halder
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From: Greg KH @ 2015-09-14 4:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:03:53AM +0530, Ronit Halder wrote:
> In drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in line 1475 and 1493 gfp_flag
> is set to -1
No, that's not what the code does, please read it again.
greg k-h
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* gfp_flag
2015-09-14 4:21 ` gfp_flag Greg KH
@ 2015-09-14 6:09 ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2015-09-14 6:17 ` gfp_flag Ronit Halder
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu @ 2015-09-14 6:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:21:35 -0700, Greg KH said:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:03:53AM +0530, Ronit Halder wrote:
> > In drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in line 1475 and 1493 gfp_flag
> > is set to -1
>
> No, that's not what the code does, please read it again.
My guess is it's making some other routine work a lot harder in order
to cover all possibilities, no matter how unusual :)
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* gfp_flag
2015-09-14 4:21 ` gfp_flag Greg KH
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@ 2015-09-14 6:17 ` Ronit Halder
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From: Ronit Halder @ 2015-09-14 6:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
Sorry, it is gfp_mask not gfp_flag.
On Sep 14, 2015 9:51 AM, "Greg KH" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:03:53AM +0530, Ronit Halder wrote:
> > In drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in line 1475 and 1493 gfp_flag
> > is set to -1
>
> No, that's not what the code does, please read it again.
>
> greg k-h
>
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