Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: USB hangs

From: Alan Cox
Date: Sun Jan 11 2004 - 19:14:09 EST


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.

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