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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:12:31 -0700
From: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net>
To: Daniel Ann <ktdann@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Trying to understand alloc_skb()
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:38:01PM +0900, Daniel Ann wrote:
> My problem is that, kernel dies with "alloc_skb called nonatomically
> from interrupt c00ba718" message. After browsing mailing list, I think
> its to do with not providing it with enough locks prior.
> 
> Question is, what kind of lock should I be providing ?

You don't need any locks, just pass correct gfp_mask parameter to 
alloc_skb when it's called from IRQ context, e.g. GFP_ATOMIC.

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Eugene