Re: MOD_INC_USE_COUNT

Regis Duchesne (regis@via.ecp.fr)
Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:11:50 +0100 (CET)

> Context switches can occur only if the process blocks (goes to sleep).
> Interrupts can occur in between instructions, but not context switches.
> MOD_INC_USE_CNT only needs to worry about blocking operations.
Thanks for your answer. But the interesting question now is : have you an
exhaustive list of blocking ops?

And particularly, can printk() be blocking?

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