Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:08:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:08:24 -0500 Received: from h-64-105-35-49.SNVACAID.covad.net ([64.105.35.49]:15490 "EHLO freya.yggdrasil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:08:02 -0500 From: "Adam J. Richter" Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 03:16:30 -0800 Message-Id: <200301101116.DAA03752@baldur.yggdrasil.com> To: maxk@qualcomm.com Subject: Re: Another idea for simplifying locking in kernel/module.c Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 851 Lines: 19 I wrote: >On Thu, 09 Jan 2003, Max Krasnyansky wrote: >>We have to be able to call try_module_get() from interrupt context. > Where? Why? Please show me one or more examples. Come to think of it, I don't think you even have to answer that question. You should be able to use my try_module_get() from interrupt context. It never blocks. Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 575 Oroville Road adam@yggdrasil.com \ / Milpitas, California 95035 +1 408 309-6081 | g g d r a s i l United States of America "Free Software For The Rest Of Us." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/