Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Allocate kprobe_table at runtime

[Prasanna S Panchamukhi]

Jeff,

On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 06:37:29PM +0000, Jeff Sipek wrote:
> Allocates kprobe_table at runtime.
> -	/* FIXME allocate the probe table, currently defined statically */
> +	kprobe_table = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hlist_head)*KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);

Memory allocation using GFP_KERNEL has more chances of success as compared to
GFP_ATOMIC. Why can't we use GFP_KERNEL here?

Thanks
Prasanna

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