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Subject: Re: calling schedule() from interupt context
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 04:09, David S. Miller wrote:
>    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?

No, I think you can.  Or at least the put_cpu() will not hurt you.

Inside the interrupt handlers, the preemption count is bumped so
preempt_schedule() will never call schedule().

	Robert Love

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