Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:03:19 -0500 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: Bottom halves, task queues invokation |
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Nirranjan.K wrote:
> In case of > > kernel thread is running on behalf of user process. In meantime a timer > interrupt arrives(slow interrupt). Now after end of timer interrupt are > Bottom halves, task queues invoked ? (offcourse Scheduler is not invoked as > kernel is not pre emptive)
I'm not sure I understand your question, but bottom halves and tasklets do not pre-empt the kernel. So if a timer interrupts the kernel, and the timer handler schedules a tasklet, then after the timer handler exists, AND after the kernel exists, that's when the tasklet is run.
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