But you can call them using the GFP_ATOMIC flag right? Kishore >>> Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@polymtl.ca> 05/07/04 02:07PM >>> Selon "Prokopenko, Konstantyn" <kproko@analogic.com>: > Well, in theory you can generate dead-lock cituation. kmalloc with > GFP_KERNEL flag in low memory condition > can put "current" user to sleep waiting for swap daemon to free pages. I > think I don't need to explain further what could happen if you have IRQ lock > around it.... It looks like a time bomb :).. Is it the same for kfree? Guillaume -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
