Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:44751 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753965Ab0CQNCX (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:02:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:01 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: Senthil Balasubramanian , Senthilkumar Balasubramanian , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Jiri Slaby , "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: convert reg_regdb_search_lock to mutex Message-ID: <20100317130101.GB2990@tuxdriver.com> References: <4B9F86E9.2030702@gmail.com> <1268768940-5654-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <20100316100337.GA1732@senthil-lnx.users.atheros.com> <20100317002416.GA2095@tuxdriver.com> <20100316122449.GA17826@senthil-lnx.users.atheros.com> <20100317025656.GA9058@tuxdriver.com> <1268796275.7068.8.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <20100317125513.GA2990@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20100317125513.GA2990@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 08:55:13AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:24:35PM -0700, Johannes Berg wrote: > > English at work ... let me guess: > > > > For John: "can" == "it could happen that" > > For Senthil: "can" == "may" > > > > (when really you may NOT do GFP_KERNEL allocations in atomic context) > > Ah, that seems like a plausible explanation for the confusion. > Bitte mein herr! Err...danke mein herr! :-) John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.