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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:56:39 -0700
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Organization: Candela Technologies
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Hello!

Is it OK to call INIT_WORK(&foo, bar)
if we are currently being called by the work-queue
using foo?

Also, is it valid to free the memory containing foo
in a workqueue callback?


Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com