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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2008-04-19 16:17:29 (GMT)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2008-04-19 16:17:29 (GMT)
commitadf6d34e460387ee3e8f1e1875d52bff51212c7d (patch)
tree88ef100143e6184103a608f82dfd232bf6376eaf /include/linux/hardirq.h
parentd1964dab60ce7c104dd21590e987a8787db18051 (diff)
parent3760d31f11bfbd0ead9eaeb8573e0602437a9d7c (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-adf6d34e460387ee3e8f1e1875d52bff51212c7d.tar.xz
Merge branch 'omap2-upstream' into devel
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diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h
index 4982998..897f723 100644
--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@
#define in_softirq() (softirq_count())
#define in_interrupt() (irq_count())
+/*
+ * Are we running in atomic context? WARNING: this macro cannot
+ * always detect atomic context; in particular, it cannot know about
+ * held spinlocks in non-preemptible kernels. Thus it should not be
+ * used in the general case to determine whether sleeping is possible.
+ * Do not use in_atomic() in driver code.
+ */
#define in_atomic() ((preempt_count() & ~PREEMPT_ACTIVE) != 0)
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT