From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 06:24:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 06:24:25 -0400 Received: from indyio.rz.uni-sb.de ([134.96.7.3]:54552 "EHLO indyio.rz.uni-sb.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 06:24:20 -0400 Message-ID: <3B0B8FCE.E0677CD0@stud.uni-saarland.de> Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:24:14 +0000 From: Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes Reply-To: manfred@colorfullife.com Organization: Studierende Universitaet des Saarlandes X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: avivg@voltaire.com CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: softirq question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Is it possible to enter into sleep mode > ( current->state = !RUNNING && schedule(_timeout)) > from a softirq ? calling schedule() causes a panic() in schedule(), and even an innocent current->state = TASK_RUNNING; from an softirq causes runqueue corruptions.[you must use wake_up_process() since it's not guaranteed that 'current' is actually in the runqueue.] -- Manfred