Hi, I am running kernel 2.6.23 from www.kernel.org. Short quick question: --------------------- If sock_sendmsg() is calls with MSG_DONTWAIT, it should send the packet without blocking the context or fail the call with error value. Which means sock_sendmsg() with MSG_DONTWAIT can be called from soft-irq/ interrupt ctx. Is that correct? Assuming its correct, long question: ----------------------------------- One function of my kernel module looks like msg_hdr.flags = MSG_DONTWAIT; spin_lock(lock) .... sock_sendmsg(sock, msg_hdr, len); spin_unlock(lock); I am getting following warning, BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at net/core/sock.c:1586 Indicating it can sleep. Here is the back trace of sock_sendmsg() with MSG_DONTWAIT. Is this bug or expected behavior? Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at net/core/sock.c:1586 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c06c4115>] lock_sock_nested+0x18/0x9e Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c0432632>] local_bh_disable+0xa/0xb Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c06c407c>] release_sock+0x13/0x94 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c06f7afb>] tcp_sendmsg+0x15/0xa21 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c04323b0>] irq_exit+0x50/0x72 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c06c2379>] sock_sendmsg+0xd0/0xeb Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c043eacc>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c0425e0d>] resched_task+0x3b/0x59 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c0751efe>] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1c/0x30 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c0427c18>] try_to_wake_up+0x2e6/0x2f0 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c043eae1>] autoremove_wake_function+0x15/0x35 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c0424643>] __wake_up_common+0x32/0x55 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<f8f9b53e>] send+0xce/0x110 [test_driver] Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<f8f9bc16>] drv_tx+0xe6/0x110 [test_driver] Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<f8f9c07d>] drv_ctrl_msg+0x7d/0xb0 [test_driver] Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c08be000>] __init_begin+0x0/0x10 Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<f8fa64ad>] io_thread+0xed/0x1d0 [test_driver] Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<f8fa63c0>] io_thread+0x0/0x1d0 [test_driver] Feb 24 19:26:16 localhost kernel: [<c0405d47>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Regards, Parav Pandit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html