ok, If this code is kernel code(their is no main) and writer has done
some mistake, In this case how the kernel is going to handle this.
On 4/14/06, Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:58:32 +0530
> "Manjunath Naik" <peter.desouzain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > main()
> > {
> > while(1);
> > }
>
> If you put "main()" at the beginning, I'll assume this code is executed
> in userspace. Under Linux, userspace programs have always been
> preemptible. So, of course, this userspace program won't block all the
> system.
>
> The discussion concerning preemption between 2.4 and 2.6 only applies
> to the code executed by the kernel itself.
>
> Sincerly,
>
> Thomas
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