Re: [linux-usb-devel] usb_buffer_alloc flags in probe function
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Daniele Bellucci wrote: Hi, i've found some usb_buffer_alloc with GFP_KERNEL on in a probe function (kernel 2.5.70). Since probe isn't ever called in process context... is that correct? You have that exactly backwards. probe() is _always_ called in process context, in fact in the context of the khubd kernel thread. Alan Stern --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
Re: [linux-usb-devel] usb_buffer_alloc flags in probe function
Alan Stern wrote: On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Daniele Bellucci wrote: Hi, i've found some usb_buffer_alloc with GFP_KERNEL on in a probe function (kernel 2.5.70). Since probe isn't ever called in process context... is that correct? You have that exactly backwards. probe() is _always_ called in process context, in fact in the context of the khubd kernel thread. Or in the context of whatever calls usb_register() on a driver, such as modprobe. - Dave --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
[linux-usb-devel] usb_buffer_alloc flags in probe function
Hi, i've found some usb_buffer_alloc with GFP_KERNEL on in a probe function (kernel 2.5.70). Since probe isn't ever called in process context... is that correct? - PGP PKEY http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/[EMAIL PROTECTED]op=index ICQ# 104896040 Netphone/Fax 178.605.7063 Homepage http://web.tiscali.it/bellucda - Daniele Bellucci --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
