Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls

Jens Axboe
2008-04-22T17:13:45Z

On Tue, Apr 22 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > + data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_ATOMIC);
> > + if (!unlikely(!data)) {
>
> Woops. I'll test everything and send out the full series, at least the
> intention should have been clear.

But wait, falling back to wait cannot always be safe if we are called
with interrupts disabled. I don't see any way around using the global
fallback for that case.

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Jens Axboe