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On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 14:34 +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Also, rtasd isn't actually a task, it's just a function that gets run
> via schedule_delayed_work_on() and re-schedules itself each time it
> runs.  Is there any deadlock possibility in calling flush_work from a
> work function?

There used to be, but I'm not familiar with the "new" implementation of
the work queue stuff.

Cheers,
Ben.