Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:54:33 -0700 | From | Nate Eldredge <> | Subject | Re: SMP linux help |
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I have been wondering about the locking stuff for a while too. These are probably dumb questions but my OS terminology is not what it could be. (Is there a good reference somewhere?)
* Does "lock the kernel" mean "prevent anyone else from executing any kernel code"?
* If so, what happens if some other CPU is already inside the kernel? Is there some mechanism to stop the other CPU??
TIA --
Nate Eldredge neldredge@hmc.edu
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