Re: [PATCH] driver core : fix request_firmware_nowait

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:06:27 +0800
tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> request_firmware_nowait declares it can be called in non-sleep contexts,
> but kthead_run which is called by request_firmware_nowait may sleep.

Does anyone actually need to call it in a non-sleeping context or can the
documentation simply be fixed instead to avoid all the extra complexity ?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/