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SubjectRe: switching from kernel mode to user mode?
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 03:10:33PM -0800, Jun Sun wrote:

> Can __switch_to() actually go back directly to user mode?

No, switch_to() will return to it's caller the scheduler with the sole
exception which are new born processes. These will start execution at
some architecture specific point which typically is ret_from_fork.

Ralf

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