On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:48 PM, sandeep kumar <coolsandyforyou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > HI all, > > I want to know whether threaded_irq will be in interrupt context or process context. > I heard they replace workqueues. But i dont know which context they will be running in. > > Any furthur references where i get more info.. Frankly I am not sure, but after reading Documentation/gpio.txt - where it says: Accessing such GPIOs requires a context which may sleep, for example a threaded IRQ handler, and those accessors must be used instead of spinlock-safe accessors without the cansleep() name suffix. we can immediately deduced that threaded IRQ handler is sleepable/blocking-allowed, and therefore process context. Correct? > > -- > With regards, > Sandeep Kumar Anantapalli, > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > -- Regards, Peter Teoh _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
