Re: [PATCH v4] um: net: replace GFP_KERNEL with GFP_ATOMIC when spinlock is held

Am 29.10.2015 um 16:30 schrieb Saurabh Sengar: > since GFP_KERNEL with GFP_ATOMIC while spinlock is held, > as code while holding a spinlock should be atomic. > GFP_KERNEL may sleep and can cause deadlock, > where as GFP_ATOMIC may fail but certainly avoids deadlockdex > f70dd54..d898f6c 100644 >

[PATCH v4] um: net: replace GFP_KERNEL with GFP_ATOMIC when spinlock is held

since GFP_KERNEL with GFP_ATOMIC while spinlock is held, as code while holding a spinlock should be atomic. GFP_KERNEL may sleep and can cause deadlock, where as GFP_ATOMIC may fail but certainly avoids deadlockdex f70dd54..d898f6c 100644 Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar --- v4: fixing comments fro