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Moving interrupts to threadsMoving interrupts to threadsPosted Oct 10, 2008 13:21 UTC (Fri) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246)In reply to: Moving interrupts to threads by jlokier Parent article: Moving interrupts to threads
To distill what you just said: The existing bottom halves aren't actually full kernel threads, and therefore aren't subject to the other scheduling mechanisms you might use to prioritize handling.
Did I understand you correctly?
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Moving interrupts to threads Posted Oct 10, 2008 14:05 UTC (Fri) by jlokier (guest, #52227) [Link]
That's correct.
Also threaded interrupts can sleep, take locks and allocate memory as normal threads.
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