Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756907AbYCTQXd (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:23:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753148AbYCTQXY (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:23:24 -0400 Received: from homer.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:13317 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752375AbYCTQXY (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:23:24 -0400 Subject: Re: preempt_disable() question From: Daniel Walker To: Rick Brown Cc: Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <7783925d0803181914n16b0a221l179cc350bc2f3f89@mail.gmail.com> References: <7783925d0803181914n16b0a221l179cc350bc2f3f89@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:23:19 -0700 Message-Id: <1206030199.10894.201.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 515 Lines: 18 On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 07:44 +0530, Rick Brown wrote: > Hi, > > I've asked this on kernel newbies before, but not enough responses. > > Does preempt_disable() disable preemption on all the processors, or > just the local processor? Just the local processor. Daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/