Re: 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups

yodaiken@fsmlabs.com
Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:13:38 -0700


On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 01:33:04AM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On March 16, 2002 01:40 am, yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> >
> > Without preempt:
> > x = movefrom processor register;
// if preemption is on, we can be preempted and restart
// on another processor so x will be wrong
> > do_something with x
> >
> > is safe in SMP
> > With [preempt] it requires a lock.
>
> It must be a trick question. Why would it?

See comment.

>
> --
> Daniel

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