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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:15:36 +1100 From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au> To: "Steve French" <smfrench@...il.com> Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Can kmem_cache_free block? On Saturday 29 March 2008 06:23, Steve French wrote: > Is kmem_cache_free safe to call while holding a spinlock (can > kmem_cache_free ever block or recurse into a file system)? > > I see it trying to grab just another spinlock which is probably fine > (but was worried whether any of the worker functions called a sem) ... > my assumption is that it would be safe, but the man page doesn't > mention when it can be used safely. Yes you can call it from any context. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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