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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2013-01-08 21:34:29 +0100
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+
+[[!tag open_issue_gnumach]]
+
+There currently is no kernel preemption in GNU Mach.
+
+If GNU Mach were made a a preemptive kernel, using [[continuation]]s would
+probably no longer make sense as the kernel itself, that is, kernel threads can
+be preempted, and then their full state needs to be preserved.
+
+See also [[open_issues/multithreading]].