SET_IRQ_NESTED_THREA

Section: Public Functions Provided (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

set_irq_nested_thread - Set/Reset the IRQ_NESTED_THREAD flag of an irq

SYNOPSIS

void set_irq_nested_thread(unsigned int irq, int nest);

ARGUMENTS

irq

: Interrupt number

nest

: 0 to clear / 1 to set the IRQ_NESTED_THREAD flag

DESCRIPTION

The IRQ_NESTED_THREAD flag indicates that on request_threaded_irq no separate interrupt thread should be created for the irq as the handler are called nested in the context of a demultiplexing interrupt handler thread.

AUTHORS

Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

: Author.

Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>