On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> > I say again, the need_resched is _not_ lost. The whole issue is cleanly
> > resolved by referencing the proper "current" structure when need_resched
> > is set.
> >
> > Please read my previous posts on this thread.
>
> My question is why the last part of the scheduler needs to run with interrupts
> enabled.
>
It doesnt need to, it just isnt necessary to disable/spin_lock interrupts
at that time. Interrupts are only disabled when necessary, this keeps
interrupt latency low.
Wm
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