Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:11:50 +0100 (CET) | From | Regis Duchesne <> | Subject | Re: MOD_INC_USE_COUNT |
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> Context switches can occur only if the process blocks (goes to sleep). > Interrupts can occur in between instructions, but not context switches. > MOD_INC_USE_CNT only needs to worry about blocking operations. Thanks for your answer. But the interesting question now is : have you an exhaustive list of blocking ops?
And particularly, can printk() be blocking?
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