On 3/7/07, linux-os (Dick Johnson) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Interruptible_sleep_on is interruptible, but for your task to
actually be awakened and your alarm handler to get some CPU,
it needs to be scheduled. If the BKL (big kernel lock) is
held, it won't be scheduled until it is released.

You can schedule while holding the BKL and it will be dropped and reacquired.

Lee
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