On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, earl wrote: > What does it mean when one says that a > "kernel is interruptible but not reentrant"? please correct me if iam wrong REENTRANT KERNELS: In this type of kernel's the CONTROL-PATH(that is the chunk of assembly instructions necessary to execute after the system call is made)can be interrupted by other process. doing this improves the performance of the kernel. thanks vamsi > > any response is fine with me. > > ================================== > There are seven words in this sentence. > ================================== > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 1.2 GCS d+ H- s g+++ !p !au a21 w-- v--- C++ U+++ P++ L+++ !3 N-- E- W M- !VMS po+++ t-- !5 !j R- G? !tv b++++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
