Hi, Why can't the kernel be preempted when locks are being held inside it? If a thread executing in kernel space enters a critical region and gets preempted, the lock will protect the critical region from other threads, so I don't see what is the problem. Thanks, -- Martim -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
