> I wonder why the invocations of kmalloc are needed in these functions.
Because some architectures can't do DMA to/from the stack. All the best, Duncan. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/