On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 21:49 +0900, Vijay Chauhan wrote: > Hi, > I want to know what are the things keep into mind while writing a > module for SMP based kernels. the same things you need to keep in mind when writing modules for UP/preempt kernels: you need to use locking to protect your datastructures: Spinlocks or mutexes (or semaphores if you write for old kernels). If you're not familiar with locking itself then I'd suggest a google run, there's plenty of documents out there that explain the locking basics. The linux specifics aren't that hard either, you just need to be careful about things. Also it's a LOT easier to design with locking in mind, than it is to put locking in later... so I'd encourage you and everyone else to start with locking real early in the design, and not as hindsight. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
