Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: interrupt handler | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 23 Aug 2002 12:17:10 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 08:17, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Interrupts default to OFF within an interrupt handler. Given this, > why would you use a spin-lock within the ISR on a single-processor > machine?
Only the current interrupt handler is disabled... interrupts are normally ON.
Robert Love
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