linux-kernel - May the worker function free its struct

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Date:	Mon, 10 May 2010 00:47:23 +0200
From:	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: May the worker function free its struct_work (plus container)?

Hello,

may the worker function kfree() it's own work data structure?

/* worker function */
static void engine_service_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
  struct  foobar_container_struct *foobar;
  foobar = container_of(work, struct foobar, work);
  /* ...perform some work... */
  kfree(foobar);
}

Thanks,
-- 
Leon
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