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Message-ID: <4680D48F.6070105@alcatel-lucent.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:55:43 +0800
From:	gshan <gshan@...atel-lucent.com>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bugs in __schedule()

Satyam Sharma wrote:
> On 6/26/07, gshan <gshan@...atel-lucent.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, Satyam. So I can replace the tasklet with kernel thread?
>
> That depends on what you want to do ...
>
> [ BTW: I should correct a typo in my original reply -- I should've said
> "scheduling while atomic", and not "scheduling while interrupts disabled"
> because interrupts are _not_ disabled in bottom halves, and from your
> stack backtrace it was evident that a tasklet was executing. :-) ]
I mean kernel thread could sleep, but tasklet can't. If so, it meet my 
requirements.
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