Re: current->state after kmalloc
Oliver Neukum (520047054719-0001@t-online.de)
Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:35:20 +0100
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 09:16, arjan@fenrus.demon.nl wrote:
> In article <16Xu62-2F1K08C@fwd04.sul.t-online.com> you wrote:
> > usb_submit_urb() uses kmalloc internally.
> > To code a simple waiting for the results of an urb,
> > it is necessary.
>
> Can't you just alloc the memory outside this "current" area ?
> Even if that means you have to release it if you don't use it
No. The individual USB device drivers must not know the memory
requirements of the HCD layer.
Regards
Oliver
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