Re: preempt_disable() as synchronization tool

askb <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.newbie
Message-ID <1255150012.7925.6.camel__39334.5653349117$1255150446$gmane$org@linux-k65f.site>
> >
> > Lastly, is it allowable to schedule / sleep immediately after a call
> > to preempt_disable()?
> 
> No I guess kernel will panic with some error like , "scheduling while
> in Atomic Context".

Sorry, I somehow missed out reading this. Can you let me know why its
not possible to schedule within preempt_disable() and preempt_enable()?
>From the code the schedule functions starts by disabling preemption?
Thanks in advance. - Anil

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