Hi Grissiom,

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Grissiom <chaos.proton@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Can Linux kernel do context switching when the interrupt is disabled? I am learning the code in ARM platform but I think this question might be arch-independent.

You're not allowed to perform any blocking operations while interupts are disabled. Anything that context switches would be considered a blocking operation.

So no.

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