On 3/1/2013 5:50 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote:
I am trying to understand if it is possible to allow memory allocations 
(M_NOWAIT,
of course) in a spinlock context.

There are mechanisms to do just this- essentially by creating private pools that are organized in a way to allow for spinlock (and thus possible interrupt level) safe allocations (and failure if the pool is empty). Are you trying to make a general mechanism for this?
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