Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262027AbUKJRzT (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:55:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262028AbUKJRzT (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:55:19 -0500 Received: from brown.brainfood.com ([146.82.138.61]:52102 "EHLO gradall.private.brainfood.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262027AbUKJRzP (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:55:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:54:39 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Heath X-X-Sender: adam@gradall.private.brainfood.com To: Jens Axboe cc: Robert Love , Carl-Daniel Hailfinger , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] kmem_alloc (generic wrapper for kmalloc and vmalloc) In-Reply-To: <20041110075450.GB5602@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <4191A4E2.7040502@gmx.net> <1100066597.18601.124.camel@localhost> <20041110075450.GB5602@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 435 Lines: 11 On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Jens Axboe wrote: > Plus, you cannot use vfree() from interrupt context. This patch is a bad > idea. why not have a work queue, that frees things later, after a delay? - 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/