----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Nyberg" <alexn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Paul Akkermans" <paulakkermans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "kernel newbie" <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: kernel_lock()
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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