> > Yes, on some implementations there can be other conditions that > make a decrementer exception go away; there is no contradiction > here (thankfully). My wording was sloppy.
Some CPUs have the DEC exceptions basically edge triggered (yeah I know it sucks). That's why, among others, the IRQ soft-disable code has code to re-trigger DEC exceptions ASAP (by setting it to 1.. note that we could probably use 0 here, we've been a bit conservative). Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
