Re: kmem_cache_alloc & kernel_lock

Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:47:21 +0100

On Sun, Dec 09 2001, Frank Cornelis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can I use kmem_cache_alloc(mycache_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL) within
> a kernel_lock/kernel_unlock block? Or should it be SLAB_ATOMIC?

GFP_KERNEL is ok, you can sleep with the kernel lock held.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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