[PATCH] uml: memory hotplug cleanups
authorJeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:53:28 +0000 (22:53 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:18:35 +0000 (06:18 -0700)
Change memory hotplug to use GFP_NOWAIT instead of GFP_ATOMIC, so that it
will grab memory without sleeping, but doesn't try to use the emergency
pools.

A small list initialization suggested by Daniel Phillips - don't initialize
lists which are just about to be list_add-ed.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c

index 28e3760..1646f39 100644 (file)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mconsole_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id,
                if(req.cmd->context == MCONSOLE_INTR)
                        (*req.cmd->handler)(&req);
                else {
-                       new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_ATOMIC);
+                       new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_NOWAIT);
                        if(new == NULL)
                                mconsole_reply(&req, "Out of memory", 1, 0);
                        else {
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ static int mem_config(char *str)
 
                        unplugged = page_address(page);
                        if(unplug_index == UNPLUGGED_PER_PAGE){
-                               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&unplugged->list);
                                list_add(&unplugged->list, &unplugged_pages);
                                unplug_index = 0;
                        }
@@ -655,7 +654,6 @@ static void with_console(struct mc_request *req, void (*proc)(void *),
        struct mconsole_entry entry;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry.list);
        entry.request = *req;
        list_add(&entry.list, &clients);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&console_lock, flags);