Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:35:25 -0800 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: Can request_irq be called under spinlock? |
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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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