Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: __vmalloc with GFP_ATOMIC causes 'sleeping from invalid context' | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Mon, 22 May 2006 12:47:02 +0100 |
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On Sul, 2006-05-21 at 21:36 -0400, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote: > If __vmalloc is called in atomic context with GFP_ATOMIC flags,
vmalloc is not safely callable in a non sleeping context. If you need a vmalloc buffer in an IRQ then pre-allocate it.
Alan
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