Re: tq_immediate

otel@ce.chalmers.se
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:27:28 +0100 (CET)


> You can be executing open and interrupt handlers together the moment
> you don't have interrupts on.

> You can be executing get_stats, do_ioctl, hard_start_xmit and the receive
> irq in parallel if you have enough cpus.

Was this behaviour the reason for handling an IRQ with "local" interrupts
disabled unless (the driver installed) the handler with SA_INTERRUPT ?

(i.e. handle_IRQ_event():
...
698 if (!(action->flags & SA_INTERRUPT))
699 __sti();
....
)

> Alan

Florian.

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