Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:39:08 -0500 (EST) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: Linux Kernel constraints! |
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> > 1. kernel is not preemptive. ie even a higher priority user thread cant > > cause another thread to be swapped if the other thread is presently running > > in privileged/kernel context. > > Not true. All things that are not running with interrupts disabled can be > preempted.
Note the 'running in kernel context'.
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