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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-04-03 14:33:42 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-04-03 14:33:42 -0700 |
| commit | 3bb5da3837cc1aa17736b05139c9a22c3794851a (patch) | |
| tree | c92d5684a866542b1cb20641607ac1643ce03a47 /include/linux/hardirq.h | |
| parent | 7feb49c82a74bc7c091b8ab2a3f96baa33d08ece (diff) | |
| parent | 9597362d354f8655ece324b01d0c640a0e99c077 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
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diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h index 49829988bfa0..897f723bd222 100644 --- a/include/linux/hardirq.h +++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h @@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ #define in_softirq() (softirq_count()) #define in_interrupt() (irq_count()) +/* + * Are we running in atomic context? WARNING: this macro cannot + * always detect atomic context; in particular, it cannot know about + * held spinlocks in non-preemptible kernels. Thus it should not be + * used in the general case to determine whether sleeping is possible. + * Do not use in_atomic() in driver code. + */ #define in_atomic() ((preempt_count() & ~PREEMPT_ACTIVE) != 0) #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT |
