From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, andy@kernel.org,
dan.carpenter@linaro.org, trohan2000@gmail.com,
straube.linux@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_malloc() with kmalloc()
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:30:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aYNJ-yAqd7SqP1GR@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aYNHrXRGvWyJ82cB@JMW-Ubuntu>
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 10:20:45PM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> 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.
Let's wait a bit (24h), but usually Greg requires a resend if something needs
to be updated before applying.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-04 13:30 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
2026-02-04 13:30 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
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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