Re: problem with kmalloc

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi! > this is related to previous problem, > when i tried to allocate 64k of

problem with kmalloc

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-