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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dccp: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in
 dccp_init
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>, gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk,
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From:   Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
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Date:   Mon, 9 Apr 2018 22:46:05 +0800
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On 2018/4/9 22:42, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>
> On 04/09/2018 07:10 AM, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
>> dccp_init() is never called in atomic context.
>> This function is only set as a parameter of module_init().
>>
>> Despite never getting called from atomic context,
>> dccp_init() calls __get_free_pages() with GFP_ATOMIC,
>> which waits busily for allocation.
> What do you mean by "waits busily" ?
>
> GFP_ATOMIC does not sleep, does not wait.

Sorry, I should modify it to "does not sleep".
Do you think it is okay?


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai