Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: calling schedule() from interupt context | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 24 Nov 2002 17:41:43 -0500 |
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On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 16:42, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > Oh we can't kill module references from interrupts? > > Err, no, that would be insane. get_cpu() & put_cpu() should work > perfectly fine inside interrupts, no?
Yes, they do.
Since the preempt_count is bumped on entry to the interrupt handler, it is always at least one, and thus put_cpu() will never call schedule.
Robert Love
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