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Subject: Re: atomic copy_from_user?
From: Rob Love <rml@ximian.com>
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On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 17:06, Joe Korty wrote:

> If this is done then preempt_enable_no_resched() and preempt_enable() also
> need to be adjusted, as they both call dec_preempt_count().

True.

In that case, and because dec_preempt_count() is our base interface, I
think we should leave it alone and go back to your original idea
(explicitly call preempt_check_resched()).

	Rob Love