Re: [PATCH] local_irq_disable removal


On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, [UTF-8] Mika Penttilä wrote:
> The timer irq is run as NODELAY, so soft irqs are run against 
> local_irq_disable sections all the time.

Softirq's are run in threads . The wake_up_process() path is protected,
and used by the timer interrupt .


Daniel

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