calling pci_find_device in interrupt ?

calling pci_find_device in interrupt ?

[linas]

Greg,

I was calling pci_find_device() from an interrupt, when I discovered
that it has a WARN_ON(in_interrupt()); in it.

Why?  If spin_lock(&pci_bus_lock); was changed to spin_lock_irqsave(),
it seems like it would be interrupt-safe.  

Rather than sending a patch that makes this change, I thought I'd 
enquire politely first ... 

--linas



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Re: calling pci_find_device in interrupt ?

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 03:15:31PM -0600, linas@austin.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Greg,

Hm, this isn't really a hotplug question.  This is better asked on
linux-kernel.

> I was calling pci_find_device() from an interrupt, when I discovered
> that it has a WARN_ON(in_interrupt()); in it.
> 
> Why?  If spin_lock(&pci_bus_lock); was changed to spin_lock_irqsave(),
> it seems like it would be interrupt-safe.  

Because you should not call such a function from an interrupt.  It is a
waste of time.  Just save off your pci device structure properly in your
setup functions.

Also, don't use the pci_find_* functions.  Use the pci_get_* functions
instead, as the pci_find_* functions will be going away in a future
kernel version (probably 2.7).

thanks,

greg k-h


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