Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Possible bogus sti() in sched.c | Date | Tue, 26 May 1998 08:30:51 +0200 (MET DST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > 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..
In that case I'd make it into a save_flags (flags); if (flags & ....) bug_them ();
Regards,
Roger.
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