On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Oliver Neukum wrote: > In 2.4 they all run in interrupt or thread context IIRC. > Problematic is the SCSI error handling thread. It can call usb_reset_device() > which calls down and does allocations. > Does that thread also do the PF_MEMALLOC trick?
In 2.4 it doesn't, which is rather surpising considering how many storage devices run over SCSI transports. In 2.6 it sets PF_IOTHREAD. I don't know if that subsumes the function of PF_MEMALLOC or not. The state of kerneldoc for much of the Linux core functionality is shocking. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
