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From: Rick Brown
Subject: preempt_disable() question
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 7:14 pm

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?

TIA,

Rick
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preempt_disable() question, Rick Brown, (Tue Mar 18, 7:14 pm)
Re: preempt_disable() question, Jiri Slaby, (Wed Mar 19, 3:27 pm)
Re: preempt_disable() question, Peter Zijlstra, (Wed Mar 19, 3:46 pm)
Re: preempt_disable() question, Daniel Walker, (Thu Mar 20, 9:23 am)