Why is flags being backed up before calling cli
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From: C K Kashyap <hidden>
Date: 2011-01-21 07:00:43
Hi, I noticed that the flags register is being stored before doing 'cli' and then restored after calling 'sti'. - eg. in local_irq_save and local_irq_restore Can someone tell me the scenario that is being guarded against by backing up flags? Regards, Kashyap -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20110121/2401a62d/attachment.html