Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:52:34 -0700 (MST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: RCU question |
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, George Anzinger wrote:
> That is ok. Either we have interrupts off and no softirqs are pending and we > proceed to the "hlt" (where the interrupt will be taken), or softirqs are > pending, we turn interrupts on, do the softirq, turn interrupts off and try > again. Unless some tasklet (RCU?) never "gives up" or we will exit the while > with interrupts off and move on to the "hlt". Or did I miss something?
But the point is that you cannot execute hlt with interrupts disabled.
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