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About kernel preemption

Hi,

Why can't the kernel be preempted when locks are being held inside it?

If a thread executing in kernel space enters a critical region and
gets preempted, the lock will protect the critical region from other
threads, so I don't see what is the problem.

Thanks,

-- Martim

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