On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, er krishna<erkrishna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All, > > I have some confusion about preemption. Can anybody please clear my query : > > 1) If there are two process running in kernel space & one of them has a lock > & its preempt_count value is +ve , can the other process preempt it ? If > it preempt the first process ( which is in running state with a lock ) , > then how ( weather the second process has its priority must be higher than > the running one ? )? > > Thanks & Best Regards, > Krishna > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ