On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Chris Lattner wrote:
>
> I have a quick question about the do_exit function... the bottom of which
> looks like this:
>
> lock_kernel();
> fake_volatile:
> #ifdef CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
> acct_process(code);
> #endif
> sem_exit();
> __exit_mm(tsk);
> __exit_files(tsk);
> __exit_fs(tsk);
> __exit_sighand(tsk);
> exit_thread();
> tsk->state = TASK_ZOMBIE;
> tsk->exit_code = code;
> exit_notify();
> put_exec_domain(tsk->exec_domain);
> if (tsk->binfmt && tsk->binfmt->module)
> __MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT(tsk->binfmt->module);
> schedule();
>
> Where does the kernel lock get dropped? I can't seem to find out where
> this is... and I have looked high and low. :)
>
have a look in schedule(). Hint - release_kernel_lock().
Regards,
Tigran
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