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List:       linux-arm-kernel
Subject:    Re: why cannot block inside interrupt context
From:       Slade Maurer <smaurer () teja ! com>
Date:       2005-01-28 5:22:55
Message-ID: 41F9CC2F.6050303 () teja ! com
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> After the rountine push certain information required to go back to 
> user mode in the Kernle Mode Stack, sleep should safe given interrupt 
> in re-enabled. Of course this is a bad practice. What I try to 
> understand is if it is possble in theory.

Hugh? Are you saying that sleeping will restore intterupts?

What is the purpose? What about if I fire your interrupt 1000 times how 
do you handle the sleep condition?

  -Slade



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