Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:13:58 -0500 (CDT) | From | Kai Germaschewski <> | Subject | Re: module_init in interrupt context ? |
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Armin Schindler wrote:
> With kernel 2.4.19 I noticed that calls from module_init() > may be done in interrupt context. I didn't have a problem here > before 2.4.17.
Well, I am positive that this is not so.
> E.g. in module_init() I use pci_module_init() for my driver > (I don't have HOTPLUG enabled), the when the .probe function is called > and the card is detected I create a proc entry for this new > found device, but most of the time create_proc_entry causes > BUG(), because it is called from interrupt context.
I think you should provide the backtrace and the code in questions. Obviously, something is wrong, but it's virtually impossible that module_init() runs from irq context, so it has to be something else.
--Kai
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