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Subject: Re: question on spinlocks
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Thunder from the hill <thunder@lightweight.ods.org>
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On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 18:09, Thunder from the hill wrote:

> IMHO you might even ask "How do I start a car when I don't have the keys?"
> 
> You might find a way, but it's not desired. Are you sure you want to 
> reschedule in an interrupt handler? If it's none, are you sure you want to 
> disable interrupts?

I do not think he is in an interrupt handler.

If he were, the system would die when he called schedule().

	Robert Love

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