[PATCH] warn if free_irq() is called from IRQ context

Warn if free_irq() is called in IRQ context - free_irq() can execute /proc
VFS work, which must not be done in IRQ context.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 6edfcef291e8..ac766ad573e8 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ void free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
         struct irqaction **p;
         unsigned long flags;
 
+        WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
         if (irq >= NR_IRQS)
                 return;