you didn't use GFP_KERNEL priority in the interrupt handler, did you?
GFP_KERNEL allocations can sleep so cannot be used in the interrupt
handler. Use GFP_ATOMIC instead.
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 aprasad@in.ibm.com wrote:
> hi!
> this is related to previous problem,
> when i tried to allocate 64k of physical memory by calling
> kmalloc(64*1024-1, GFP_KERNEL), it allocated the memory, also wrote the
> memory, but when i read it, it gave Ayeei message, saying interrupt
> handlers has been killed..and computer hanged, its kernel-2.2.14-5.0
> what could be the reason??
>
> note:please cc the answer
>
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