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From: Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>
To: MNH <tuxracer@gawab.com>
Cc: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Interrupt handler
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:57:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40817E14.7040500@opersys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1082023366.3953.6.camel@localhost.localdomain>


MNH wrote:
> If a process is executing a system call, and an interrupt is invoked,
> the process blocks. Now since interrupt handlers cannot block, the time
> for which the IH runs is taken out of the process's time-slice ( Is this
> right ?).
> 
> What if the IH takes up all of the process's time-slice, does the
> process gets knocked off the current list and thrown into the expired
> list or is there something more to it?

This is the kind of thing LTT will allow you to see:
http://www.opersys.com/LTT/

Karim
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-17 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-15 10:02 Interrupt handler MNH
2004-04-17 18:57 ` Karim Yaghmour [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-03-17  4:47 Sound-card question: HELP William W. Austin
2003-03-17  9:17 ` Interrupt handler Giuliano Pochini
2003-03-17 12:49   ` Takashi Iwai
2003-03-17 14:22     ` Giuliano Pochini
2003-03-18 13:32       ` Takashi Iwai
2003-03-19  1:15         ` Giuliano Pochini
2003-03-19  9:38           ` Giuliano Pochini
2003-03-15 21:38 Giuliano Pochini
2002-08-23 11:58 interrupt handler sanket rathi
2002-08-23 12:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-08-23 16:17   ` Robert Love
2002-08-23 16:45     ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-08-23 16:52       ` Robert Love
2002-08-23 20:45         ` george anzinger
2002-08-23  6:22 Kerenyi Gabor
2002-08-23  5:45 Kerenyi Gabor
2002-08-23 13:07 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-08-23  4:58 Kerenyi Gabor
2002-08-21 14:25 Interrupt Handler sanket rathi

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