Sorry wrong reply :( it was meant for the other email :( > -----Original Message----- > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aboo Valappil > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:33 AM > To: Jan Hudec; Alaios > Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: trace kernel function > > From the understang Linix Kernel book, it states that > lock_kernel() and > unlock_kernel() works on a spin lock called kernel_flag, > which is mainly used to protect a wide vieriety of data > structures including VFS/file handling, data structures > related to networking, IPC structures, and several less > important kernel data structrues. It states that not all the > kernel data structures are protected by specific spin locks. > > With 2.2 it introduced many single ( smaller ) spin locks to > have more concurrency. > > Aboo > > > 111 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Hudec > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:27 AM > > To: Alaios > > Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: trace kernel function > > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 07:26:15 -0800, Alaios wrote: > > > Thx..but is the uml compatible withe the 2.6 kernel series? > > > > If you can't bother looking at the web page, I can't bother > replying. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------- > > Jan 'Bulb' > > Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> > > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
