preempt_disable() as synchronization tool

Daniel Rodrick <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.newbie,gmane.linux.kernel.kernelnewbies
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Hi List,

I have few queries related to preempt_disable() and would appreciate
any answers to it.

Firstly, Does preempt_disable() disable the preemption on all the
processors or on just the local processor?

Secondly, a preempt_disable() a suffifient synchronization technique
to guard a data that is shared only among process context code on a
Uni-processor? And on SMP?

Lastly, is it allowable to schedule / sleep immediately after a call
to preempt_disable()?

Thanks & Best Regards,

Dan
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