Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 May 2002 13:44:14 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Kernel deadlock using nbd over acenic driver |
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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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