slab allocator

Jason McMullan (jmcc@ontv.com)
5 Oct 1998 21:05:03 GMT


Just wondering:

Is the slab allocator/deallocator safe to call from
interrupt handlers (for stuffing a queue to be dealt with
by the back handler)?

If not, what about vmalloc/kalloc?

Even if it is _technically_ safe, why shouldn't I use
it? ;^)

-- 
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