On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 07:11:29PM +0200, Ivan Martinez wrote:
>       Hello all
>       I have a real time task which consists of an infinite loop with some
> code and a "pthread_wait_np" inside it. If it's running and I call
> "pthread_suspend_np", does the task stop inmediatly or when it executes
> "pthread_wait_np" again?.
>       Can't anybody help me with my other problem about spin locks?.
>       Thank you.

On a uniprocessor that target of a suspend willl not run again until 
it is woken up.
On a multiprocessor, it is possible that the thread is running during the
suspend and then it will only get suspended when the remote scheduler
runs.

What was your spinlock problem?


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