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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:21:46 -0500
From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: Rick Brown <rick.brown.3@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: regarding kernel preemption
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 09:35:13PM +0530, Rick Brown wrote:
> When we preempt_enable() / preempt_disable(), is the kernel preemption
> enabled or disabled for ALL the processors or just the local
> processor?

Just the local processor.

-Scott