Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Very simple question ... | From | (Stephen C. Tweedie) | Date | 28 Aug 1998 22:22:34 +0100 |
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Hi,
Anton Ghiugan <ghiugan@lucent.com> writes:
> Sorry about this insistence, but I need to know: > > Can a bottom half like NET_BH be interrupted by a kernel timer ? (Yes/No)
Yes. It can be interrupted by any hardware interrupt, but such a nested interrupt will not recursively run any more bottom half handlers. Bottom halves are atomic with respect to each other, but they don't disable top half interrupts.
--Stephen
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