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* calling vmalloc inside interrupt handler
@ 2001-10-09 23:55 MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1)
  2001-10-10  0:01 ` David S. Miller
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From: MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1) @ 2001-10-09 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'

Hi list,

It is allowed to call vmalloc/kmalloc inside interrupt handler ?

-hiren

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* Re: calling vmalloc inside interrupt handler
  2001-10-09 23:55 calling vmalloc inside interrupt handler MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1)
@ 2001-10-10  0:01 ` David S. Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2001-10-10  0:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: hiren_mehta; +Cc: linux-kernel

   From: "MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1)" <hiren_mehta@agilent.com>
   Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:55:48 -0600 

   It is allowed to call vmalloc/kmalloc inside interrupt handler ?

vmalloc() is not allowed, but kmalloc with GFP_ATOMIC flag is allowed

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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