Re: Can I use yield in this way

[Alan Cox]

>        Can yield() be used as above. After I compile the kernel and  
> run again. Kernel is not working just as it meets deadlock. And if I  
> comment yield(), it runs ok. Could anyone help me?Thanks!

You cannot schedule within an interrupt (the interrupt handler cannot
yield) - you can force a reschedule however, and in theory you could
change the processor masks and trigger a reschedule to do what you want

Alan
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