Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Sep 1999 16:36:30 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Nathaniel G. Eldredge" <> | Subject | Re: SMP linux help |
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On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Mark Cooke wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Nate Eldredge wrote: > > > * Does "lock the kernel" mean "prevent anyone else from executing any > > kernel code"? > > No. > > When you have the kernel lock you can guarantee that accesses to > anything else protected by the kernel lock can't happen.
Okay, so "locking the kernel" is really a misnomer. It doesn't lock the whole kernel, just the sections protected by the kernel lock; and there's nothing more magical about the kernel lock than any other spinlock, it just protects more stuff. Got it.
Thanks to all who replied for clarifying this.
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