Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: calling kthread_create() from interrupt thread | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:41:04 +0200 |
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Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> writes: > > As mentioned above, it is possible for this "simple" function to sleep/block > for an indefinite period of time. I was under the impression that one > couldn't block a work queue thread for an indefinite period of time. Am > I mistaken?
You could create your own work queue upfront. Blocking an generic workqueue for a long time is indeed nasty.
-Andi
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