Re: regarding kernel preemption

From: Scott Wood
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 12:22:33 EST


On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 09:35:13PM +0530, Rick Brown wrote:
> When we preempt_enable() / preempt_disable(), is the kernel preemption
> enabled or disabled for ALL the processors or just the local
> processor?

Just the local processor.

-Scott
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