Re: Spinlocks under uniprocessor running non preemptible kernel
- From: Josef Moellers <josef.moellers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:27:15 +0200
MAx wrote:
Does that mean spinlocks do not do the job they are meant to do on a
uniprocessor system with
linux 2.4.x(non-preemptible kernel)
On a uniprocessor, either a spinlock() call will succeed immediately or hang infinitely.
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