> I call up() in our ISR to release the semaphore flag . Since down() in SMP
> disable interrupts , there is no way my ISR is fired which releases the
> flag
> and so freezes the system.
Down does not disable interrupts that I can see, except momentarily when
checking the queues, and it restores them before it yields CPU time. On
exit the irqs are enabled.
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