Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] media: add GFP flag to media_*() that could get called in atomic context

Hi Shuah,

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 06:48:09PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:

Add GFP flags to media_create_pad_link(), media_create_intf_link(), media_devnode_create(), and media_add_link() that could get called in atomic context to allow callers to pass in the right flags for memory allocation.

tree-wide driver changes for media_*() GFP flags change: Change drivers to add gfpflags to interffaces, media_create_pad_link(), media_create_intf_link() and media_devnode_create().

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan shuahkh@osg.samsung.com Suggested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab mchehab@osg.samsung.com

What's the use case for calling the above functions in an atomic context?