Re: sleep_on, wake_up question

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:52:48 +0000 (GMT)


> In the code above, is there any possibility of the process' state being
> changed prior to the schedule() call (i.e. can nonblocking kernel code be
> context-switched out?)
>

None. Although it may be executed in parallel with other code on an SMP box

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