From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
"Randy.Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
leo@netlabs.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reduce stack in cdrom/optcd.c
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:29:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030325182916.GI30908@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1048364399.1708.4.camel@laptop.fenrus.com>
On Sat, Mar 22 2003, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 21:43, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 06:51, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This reduces stack usage in drivers/cdrom/optcd.c by
> > > dynamically allocating a large (> 2 KB) buffer.
> > >
> > > Patch is to 2.5.65. Please apply.
> >
> > This loosk broken. You are using GFP_KERNEL memory allocations on the
> > read path of a block device. What happens if the allocation fails
> > because we need memory
>
> it's unlikely that you have your swap on the cdrom ;)
your swap device could still be plugged behind your cdrom.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-25 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-22 6:51 [PATCH] reduce stack in cdrom/optcd.c Randy.Dunlap
2003-03-22 20:43 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-22 20:19 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-03-25 18:29 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2003-03-25 18:43 ` Randy.Dunlap
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2003-03-26 20:12 Randy.Dunlap
2003-03-27 6:54 ` Jens Axboe
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