Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 1999 07:01:41 -0700 (PDT) | From | Robert Dinse <> | Subject | Re: spin_lock and linux philosophy question... |
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Momchil Velikov wrote: > > You can also use a spinlock in an interrupt handler, where you can't sleep at > all. > > Regards, > -velco
Are there ever cases where you lock outside of interrupts but expect code inside of an interrupt handler to unlock? Or conversely, cases where you lock during an interrupt, do some preliminary work, then return expecting code outside to unlock?
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