From: Matthew Wilcox <willy-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [ACPI] acpi_os_queue_for_execution()
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 22:44:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030104224404.C19239@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A107-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>; from andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org on Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 11:00:04AM -0800
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 11:00:04AM -0800, Grover, Andrew wrote:
> Are we allowed to block in a timer callback? One of the things
> thermal_check does is call a control method, which in turn can be very
> slow, sleep, etc., so I'd guess that's why the code tries to execute
> things in its own thread.
timers are run in bottom-half context. no sleeping allowed. if you're
going to linux.conf.au, you'll want to attend my talk that deals with
exactly this kind of thing ;-)
i'll put the paper up on the web in a couple of weeks, after the
proceedings are published.
--
"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies.
Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-03 19:00 [ACPI] acpi_os_queue_for_execution() Grover, Andrew
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2003-01-04 22:44 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2003-01-05 12:23 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-01-06 11:12 ` Pavel Machek
2003-01-06 11:44 ` Andrew Morton
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2003-01-06 12:58 ` Andrew McGregor
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2003-01-06 17:26 ` Faye Pearson
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