On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:56:48PM +0200, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE): > Does this mean that the process is going to sleep, > but can be awaken by delivery of a signal? > > set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE): > Does this mean that the process is going to sleep, > but can NOT be awaken by delivery of a signal? Exactly. (note: the process will actualy go to sleep when schedule() is called - that allows wait_queues to work without locking). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
