On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 02:52:26PM +0200, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, J Pradeep wrote: > > > > > Hello Everybody, > > Can I safely assume that there is only one control executing inside the > > ip-stack ? Is there a possibility for more than one control executing > > inside the kernel stack ? > > If you're asking wether the IP stack is preemptive to an extent and allows > multiple threads of execution, the answer is yes. > > Zwane > You have to lock the socket though right? Chuck -- Chuck Winters | Email: cwinters@atl.lmco.com Distributed Processing Laboratory | Phone: 856-338-3987 Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs | 1 Federal St - A&E-3W | Camden, NJ 08102 | -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/