Re: problem with printk-- somebody please help

[linux-os]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Arun Srinivas wrote:

> hi
>
> I am new to the kernel world and would be very glad if somebody could
> help me with this problem.
>
> I am unable to do printk or even a macro call like rdtsc()...(for
> reading the time stamp counter) from within the "activate_task"
> function on a kernel with smp support.But these work under the main
> schedule() function.
>
> I was able to do all these i.e., inside "activate_task" on a kernel
> without smp support.Can anybody suggest a solution as to what could be
> the problem??
>
> somebody please help.
>
> Thanks
> Arun

Maybe it's not called. The task may get put into the run-queue
using resched_task() and __activate_task() as well.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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