Re: calling schedule() from interupt context

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:42:15 +1100

In message <20021122.010934.126934922.davem@redhat.com> you write:
> From: "dan carpenter" <error27@email.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 03:54:41 -0500
>
> module_put ==> put_cpu ==> preempt_schedule ==> schedule
>
> Oh we can't kill module references from interrupts?

Err, no, that would be insane. get_cpu() & put_cpu() should work
perfectly fine inside interrupts, no?

> Egads... that makes lots of the networking stuff
> nearly impossible as SKB's hold references to modules
> and thus skb freeing can thus put modules.

Relax: modular networking was one of my aims 8)

Rusty.

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