linux-kernel - Re: Question: schedule()

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Message-ID: <45F0E51F.9050105@tmr.com>
Date:	Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:39:59 -0500
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	albcamus <albcamus@...il.com>
CC:	Mockern@...dex.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question: schedule()

albcamus wrote:
> your kthread IS preemptible unless you call preempt_disable or some
> locking functions explicitly .
> 
I think he's trying to go the other way, make his thread the highest 
priority to blow anything else in the system out of the water. See his 
previous post "how to make kernel thread more faster?"

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