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SubjectRe: Can request_irq be called under spinlock?
Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> I dont think that proc_mkdir conventions have changed
> recently. According to git blame fs/proc/generic.c:
>
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 580) ent = kmalloc(sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry) + len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>
>

I think its new that request_irq ends up calling proc_mkdir though. But
its moot now anyway; I cleaned up that code, and don't call request_irq
under spinlock any more.

J


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