On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:27:10AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > both look good... I'd be in favor of this. Maybe also add a part
> > about using GFP_KERNEL whenever possible, GFP_NOFS from filesystem
> > writeout code and GFP_NOIO from block writeout code (and never doing
> > in_interrupt()?GFP_ATOMIC:GFP_KERNEL !)
>
> it strikes me that that latter part is starting to go beyond the scope
> of simple coding style aesthetics and getting into actual coding
> distinctions. would that really be appropriate for the CodingStyle
> doc? i'm just asking.
Adding a separate 'good practices' doc wouldn't be a bad idea.
Dave
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