Re: calling vmalloc inside interrupt handler

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 19:01:35 EST


   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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