Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devcoredump: add scatterlist support | From | Johannes Berg <> | Date | Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:47:05 +0200 |
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Hi Greg,
On Fri, 2015-12-11 at 11:55 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > From: Aviya Erenfeld <aviya.erenfeld@intel.com> > > Add scatterlist support (dev_coredumpsg) to allow drivers to avoid > vmalloc() like dev_coredumpm(), while also avoiding the module > reference that the latter function requires. > > This internally uses dev_coredumpm() with function inside the > devcoredump module, requiring removing the const > (which touches the driver using it.)
It's been a while, but I realized this patch went nowhere.
I know I'm listed as the maintainer, but I really wanted you as the drivers/base/ maintainer to also take a look, rather than just sending it to Linus. Did you perhaps expect me to do the latter?
Thanks, johannes
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