Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261743AbVBZHyX (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:54:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261804AbVBZHyW (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:54:22 -0500 Received: from lantana.tenet.res.in ([202.144.28.166]:8889 "EHLO lantana.cs.iitm.ernet.in") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261743AbVBZHyU (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:54:20 -0500 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:24:36 +0530 (IST) From: Payasam Manohar To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: calling call_usermodehelper from interrupt context Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Mail-scanner Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: pmanohar@lantana.cs.iitm.ernet.in Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 633 Lines: 21 hai all, Is it possible to call call_usermodehelper from interrupt context. I want to call a user program from the keyboard driver. When am calling, it is hanging, and giving the error that <0> Kernel panic : Aiee, killing interrupt handler In interrupt handler -- not syncing. I am using Redhat linux 9. Can anybody please help me. Thanks&Regards, P.Manohar, - 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/