Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 May 1998 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Possible bogus sti() in sched.c |
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On Mon, 25 May 1998, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > In run_old_timers() there is an sti() after calling any > registered timer function that looks suspicious. (sched.c)
It's there to just make sure no timer function has left the interrupts disabled. Similar code exists in the interrupt handler stuff. I guess it's just unnecessary paranoia..
Linus
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