linux-kernel - Re: SDIO irq handler context

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Message-ID: <20090603083526.34efe753@mjolnir.ossman.eu>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:35:26 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Kalpesh Rathod <kalpeshrathod@...il.com>
Cc:	Kalpesh Rathod <kalpeshrathod@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SDIO irq handler context

On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:37 +0530
Kalpesh Rathod <kalpeshrathod@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> SDIO driver irq handler runs in which context?
> It always runs in process context ?
> or
> It runs in either interrupt context or process context? If this is the case,
> in_interrupt can be used to distinguish?
> 

It's run in process context as the sdio accessors sleep.

Rgds
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