On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Julian Elischer wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Bruce Evans wrote:
> >
> > Yes, anything that reaches doreti checks for ASTs and runs userret() if
> > necessary and possible (only for returns to user mode).
> >
> > Hmm, this check seems to be inadequate for fast interrupts.  There is
> > no check for rescheduling if the return is to kernel mode.
>
> Do you plan on fixing anything you find wrong here?

Sure.

I think this is only a minor problem.  Most processes don't stay in the
kernel for long, and things scheduled in fast interrupt handlers aren't
very time-critical (but softclock should run before the next hardclock!).

Bruce


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