Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:40:36 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: lock_kernel() & kmalloc - evil together? |
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > Is there a counter of some type in Linux I could check to detect this > easily?
It's called
in_interrupt()
in Linux - it's not a single counter, as hard interrupts and soft interrupts are counted separately, but it gives you the information you want (whether you're in an interrupt or not).
Linus
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