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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Swami <swamis@iastate.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Doubt in interrupts
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 14:20:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B40BB72.64EE38C6@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1010702123304.30601F-100000@isua1.iastate.edu>

Swami wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any interrupts which doesn't affect local_irq_count(cpu) or that
> doesn't enter do_IRQ()? (other than NMIs).
> 
> Because I'm implementing my own locking routine and I'm getting
> interrupted during spin, but I check and found that in_interupt() returns
> zero.

All hardware interrupts go through do_IRQ.  There are also CPU
exceptions and inter-processor interupts (SMP only) that have individual
handlers.

--

				Brian Gerst

      reply	other threads:[~2001-07-02 18:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-02 17:41 Doubt in interrupts Swami
2001-07-02 18:20 ` Brian Gerst [this message]

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