Dear list, Please help me to analyze the following scenario: By having a userspace process 'A' executing a system call. Hardware interrupt happens. Do you think on exit from interrupt (irq_exit) the context switch could take place? Let's assume no softirq work is pending. (a) kernel is not preemptive (b) kernel is preemptive (c) with RT patch Thank you in advance! _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ