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    SubjectRe: Kernel deadlock using nbd over acenic driver
    Hi!

    > Look in some of the block drivers, floppy.c or loop.c. These do call
    > the task queue, even though that's only as an aid to the rest of the
    > kernel, because they know they can help at that point, and it's not at
    > all clear what context they're in. Perhaps it's best to look in
    > floppy.c, which runs the task queue in its init routine! I mean to say

    Init routine is called from insmod context or at kernel bootup (from pid==1).

    Both look like process context to me.
    Pavel

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