centos man page for might_sleep

Query: might_sleep

OS: centos

Section: 9

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MIGHT_SLEEP(9)							   Driver Basics						    MIGHT_SLEEP(9)

NAME
might_sleep - annotation for functions that can sleep
SYNOPSIS
might_sleep(void);
ARGUMENTS
None
DESCRIPTION
this macro will print a stack trace if it is executed in an atomic context (spinlock, irq-handler, ...). This is a useful debugging help to be able to catch problems early and not be bitten later when the calling function happens to sleep when it is not supposed to.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 MIGHT_SLEEP(9)
Related Man Pages
stack(9) - freebsd
stack(9) - debian
stack_print_ddb(9) - debian
stack_save(9) - debian
stack_copy(9) - freebsd
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