Difference between atomic context and interrupt context.

valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu
Mon Apr 2 08:28:31 EDT 2018


On Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:00:32 +0530, Madhu K said:
> what is the difference between atomic context and interrupt context.
> are they both same?

Interrupt context means we're dealing with an interrupt.

Atomic context means we're doing something that *itself* should not be
interrupted.




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