Re: regarding kernel preemption

[Rodrigo Rubira Branco]

I recommend this link for more info:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/comment/reply/5600

Sent me a mail if you need any other explanation into this.

Cya,


Rodrigo (BSDaemon).

On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 11:21 -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> 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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Rodrigo Rubira Branco
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IBM Linux Technology Center (IBM/LTC)
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