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How is a sched_yield() done in a kernel module?
The problem is that the kernel module is sending TCP out,
but the thread never yields to allow the data to ...
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how to do sched_yield() in the kernel?
How is a sched_yield() done in a kernel module?
The problem is that the kernel module is sending TCP out,
but the thread never yields to allow the data to be transmitted.
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Re: how to do sched_yield() in the kernel?
That sounds like your current thread is thrashing. Does it not exit? You shouldn't really have to "yield" if your module is written correctly. Are you in an interrupt context and haven't cleared the interrupt bit before leaving? We need more information.
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Yielding was required in order to allow TCP networking.
schedule() was the solutions to this.
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