Re: Possible bogus sti() in sched.c

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 25 May 1998 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 25 May 1998, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>
> In run_old_timers() there is an sti() after calling any
> registered timer function that looks suspicious. (sched.c)

It's there to just make sure no timer function has left the interrupts
disabled. Similar code exists in the interrupt handler stuff. I guess it's
just unnecessary paranoia..

Linus

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