2005-11-18 03:55:42

by jeff shia

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Subject: can we sleep at the bottom half environment?

hello,
can we sleep at the bottom half environment?such as in a softirq
or a workqueue? why?
Thank you!

jeffshia


2005-11-18 08:23:55

by Matt Keenan

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Subject: Re: can we sleep at the bottom half environment?

jeff shia wrote:

>hello,
> can we sleep at the bottom half environment?such as in a softirq
>or a workqueue? why?
> Thank you!
>
>jeffshia
>
>
>
This looks remarkably similar to a systems programming assignment
question :)

Matt

2005-11-18 10:21:47

by Zhang Le

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Subject: Re: can we sleep at the bottom half environment?

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jeff shia wrote:

| hello, can we sleep at the bottom half environment?such as in a
| softirq or a workqueue? why? Thank you!
|
| jeffshia
|
in workqueue, ok
in softirq, not ok
check Robert Love's "Linux Kernel Development".

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