On Monday 21 June 2004 11:21, l x wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a module and would appreciate it if > some one could help me on this. > > Suppose there are two modules, modA and modB. What's > going to happen if modB calls a function, > modA_func_2(), defined in modA while modA is running > another function of its own, modA_func_1()? > > I need modA completes modA_func_1() before responsing > to modB's call to modA_func_2(). Can I assume kernel > will do this for me? If I understand right, a module > runs as a single thread process. Therefore, when > something is running, other requests must wait. > Please correct me if I'm wrong. A module is *not* a process. It is not even anything even remotely similar to a process. If it helps, pretend you are not using a module. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
