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    <title>Disabling Preemption</title>
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    <title>Disabling Preemption</title>
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    <para>It might be desirable for a device driver to temporarily disable
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    <para>It might be desirable for a device driver to temporarily disable
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    preemption. Tasks that can do this are required to have the
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    preemption. Tasks that can do this are required to have the
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    CAP_PREEMPT_CONTROL capability. Preemption could be theoretically disabled
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    <constant>CAP_PREEMPT_CONTROL</constant> capability. Preemption could be theoretically disabled
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    by disabling interrupts on the current processor, but disabling preemption
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    by disabling interrupts on the current processor, but disabling preemption
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    is more lightweight as interrupt processing remains enabled.</para>
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    is more lightweight as interrupt processing remains enabled.</para>
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  </section>
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  </section>
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</chapter>
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</chapter>
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