Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266029AbUALANU (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:13:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266033AbUALANT (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:13:19 -0500 Received: from crosslink-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.254]:46486 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266029AbUALANS (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:13:18 -0500 Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: USB hangs From: Alan Cox To: Oliver Neukum Cc: David Brownell , Matthew Dharm , Marcelo Tosatti , Linux Kernel Mailing List , USB Developers , Greg KH In-Reply-To: <200401120033.40230.oliver@neukum.org> References: <1073779636.17720.3.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <1073788437.17793.0.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <4001DB52.7030908@pacbell.net> <200401120033.40230.oliver@neukum.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1073866181.26806.4.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:09:41 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 708 Lines: 15 On Sul, 2004-01-11 at 23:33, Oliver Neukum wrote: > For users of a kernel thread it helps. But what affects storage > also make affect anything else that has a filesystem running > over it. Plus it forces us to keep the storage thread model, which > might be a solution that needs to be revisited. Its a larger hammer, for 2.6 I agree that moving the right code to GFP_NOIO is far better a solution. For 2.4 I just want it working with minimal risk of screwups. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/