[bootlin/training-materials updates] master: kernel: concurrency: Fix a sentence (56fe9083)

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Fri May 7 12:01:31 CEST 2021


Repository : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials/commit/56fe9083e565e45d4e174855609717d11fda826f

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commit 56fe9083e565e45d4e174855609717d11fda826f
Author: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Date:   Fri May 7 10:44:54 2021 +0200

    kernel: concurrency: Fix a sentence
    
    I believe "system call" is wrong.
    
    When kernel preemption happens, talking about "kernel threads" seems more
    legitimate.
    
    Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>


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56fe9083e565e45d4e174855609717d11fda826f
 .../kernel-driver-development-concurrency.tex                           | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/slides/kernel-driver-development-concurrency/kernel-driver-development-concurrency.tex b/slides/kernel-driver-development-concurrency/kernel-driver-development-concurrency.tex
index 674faacf..4011157f 100644
--- a/slides/kernel-driver-development-concurrency/kernel-driver-development-concurrency.tex
+++ b/slides/kernel-driver-development-concurrency/kernel-driver-development-concurrency.tex
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       execute an interrupt handler. They may be using shared
       resources (memory addresses, hardware registers...)
     \item \emph{Kernel preemption}, if enabled, causes the kernel to
-      switch from the execution of one system call to another. They
+      switch from the execution of one thread to another. They
       may be using shared resources.
     \item \emph{Multiprocessing}, in which case code is really
       executed in parallel on different processors, and they may be




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