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From: Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@qca.qualcomm.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GFP flags for cfg80211_rx_mgmt
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:13:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2261364.hhWvLn60TS@lx-wigig-72> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1405935461.32255.3.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net>

On Monday, July 21, 2014 11:37:41 AM Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-07-13 at 08:02 -0700, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > In the cfg80211_rx_mgmt(), there is parameter 'gfp_t gfp' that is
> > passed to the nl80211_send_mgmt() and then to alloc_skb().
> > In fact, nl80211_send_mgmt() called under spinlock, so
> > one can't use GFP_KERNEL. However, documentation for
> > cfg80211_rx_mgmt does not restrict GFP flags.
> > 
> > I suggest to document this, and enforce in some way (WARN_ONCE?),
> > or just remove this parameter - everywhere in the kernel
> > GFP_ATOMIC is used.
> 
> I say just remove it, want to send a patch?
> 
> johannes
> 
Yes, I will. Sorry for delay, was out (climbing some 7000m+ peak :-) )

      reply	other threads:[~2014-08-10  8:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-13 15:02 GFP flags for cfg80211_rx_mgmt Vladimir Kondratiev
2014-07-21  9:37 ` Johannes Berg
2014-08-10  8:13   ` Vladimir Kondratiev [this message]

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