Hi, 1) Is it allowable to sleep (while in process context) after a call to preempt_disable()? 2) Would a call to preempt_disable() disable preemption only on the local processor or on all the processors? TIA, Rick -- 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