On Friday 01 September 2006 16:21, Rick Brown wrote: > > > Can I sleep after a call to preempt_disable() ? > > > > What are you trying to do? You can sleep from process context. If two > > different process context can access to shared data, you can use > > semaphore... > > I was curious that after a call to preempt_disable(), can I call a > function that MAY sleep? > No, you are not allowed to sleep with preemption disabled. tavi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
