Re: current->state after kmalloc

From: Oliver Neukum (520047054719-0001@t-online.de)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 20:08:07 EST


On Tuesday 05 February 2002 01:50, Robert Love wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 19:43, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > Is it safe with GFP_ATOMIC ?
>
> You are guaranteed kmalloc will not sleep if you use GFP_ATOMIC, yes.
>
> But I still find it gross to mark yourself sleeping but not sleep
> immediately.

usb_submit_urb() uses kmalloc internally.
To code a simple waiting for the results of an urb,
it is necessary.

        Regards
                Oliver
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