Re: [uClinux-dev] about interrupts

From: Arlet Ottens (arlet@ladybug.xs4all.nl)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2001 - 12:45:55 EST

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Marcelo =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6tz?= wrote:

> Hi all,
> 	Does anyone know if the another interrupt (from  hardware) can
> preempt a executing system_call?

Interrupts can occur during system calls (unless disabled), but they won't
result in a schedule(), so the task that made the system call won't be
preempted. 

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