From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264081AbTDOCB3 (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:01:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264085AbTDOCB3 (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:01:29 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:18902 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264081AbTDOCB2 (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:01:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 03:12:50 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Andrew Morton Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , James Simmons Subject: Re: [FBCON] Could be called outside of a process context. This fixes that. Message-ID: <20030415021242.GA2054@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , James Simmons References: <200304141829.h3EITgZF028370@hera.kernel.org> <20030414185326.1fdf2e01.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030414185326.1fdf2e01.akpm@digeo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 06:53:26PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > ChangeSet 1.981, 2003/03/25 10:21:46-08:00, jsimmons@maxwell.earthlink.net > > [FBCON] Could be called outside of a process context. This fixes that. > > > > GFP_ATOMIC memory allocations can and will return NULL when the system is > under load. The driver _has_ to check for this, and cope with it. James fixed this up in 1.982, when he changed things over to use workqueues. Dave