Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:04:44 +0100 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: switching from kernel mode to user mode? |
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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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