On 8/27/05, lab liscs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it must be in system context ,but always with a litte doubt. > > is there third context the kernel can run in ? > -
If I am not wrong, softirq runs in process context (system call is also done through softirq, int 0x80 - this runs in process context), where as hardware irq and taslets run in no context, i mean no process context, so we should not use current pointer here. Please cortrect me if I am wrong. regards, -Gaurav > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
