Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755150Ab2JPHl5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:41:57 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:43828 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754233Ab2JPHl4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:41:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20121015164801.GA6458@kroah.com> References: <1350278059-14904-1-git-send-email-ming.lei@canonical.com> <2564763.3cNFlv543H@linux-lqwf.site> <1921559.OPsFBnvatA@linux-lqwf.site> <20121015164801.GA6458@kroah.com> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:41:54 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] USB: forbid memory allocation with I/O during bus reset if storage interface exits From: Ming Lei To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Oliver Neukum , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Alan Stern Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 731 Lines: 20 On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > No, don't limit us for no good reason, that's not acceptable at all. > Patching old kernels when new devices show up that work on those old > kernels (like USB network devices that follow the spec with no driver > change needed), is not a good idea. > > So I agree with Oliver here, this isn't acceptable. OK, I will remove the limit in -v1 and add comments on the case. thanks, -- Ming Lei -- 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/