Re: Another idea for simplifying locking in kernel/module.c

Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 03:16:30 -0800


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.

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