Re: kernel_lock()

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On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 14:58 +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote:
> Can anybody tell me what a kernel_lock() does precisely? Does it lock
> all the resources or lock the entire kernel? 
>  

Alan Cox explains:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.1/2255.html

If you're on lwn the kernel section has even more about it.



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