Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The
> > block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with
> > either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. )
>
> lock_kernel() isnt a spinlock as such.

Thanks a lot. We just figured out that it is ok to block within
lock_kernel() unlock_kernel() scope. That will help us to eliminate
some false positives.

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