> > 1. kernel is not preemptive. ie even a higher priority user thread cant
> > cause another thread to be swapped if the other thread is presently running
> > in privileged/kernel context.
>
> Not true. All things that are not running with interrupts disabled can be
> preempted.
Note the 'running in kernel context'.
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