> > > > Lastly, is it allowable to schedule / sleep immediately after a call > > to preempt_disable()? > > No I guess kernel will panic with some error like , "scheduling while > in Atomic Context". Sorry, I somehow missed out reading this. Can you let me know why its not possible to schedule within preempt_disable() and preempt_enable()? >From the code the schedule functions starts by disabling preemption? Thanks in advance. - Anil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ