Re: [PATCH] kmalloc man page before 2.6.17

[Paulo Marques]

Paul Drynoff wrote:
> [...]
> + * %GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user.  May sleep.
> + *
> + * %GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram.  May sleep.
> + *
> + * %GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep.  Use inside interrupt 
> handlers.

I find this comment to be a little misleading. GFP_ATOMIC should be used 
on _any_ code that can not sleep, including sections protected by a 
spinlock and sections that run with IRQ's disabled, no?

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