man/man9f/ddi_intr_hilevel.9f

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 DDI_INTR_HILEVEL 9F "Jan 16, 2006"
 NAME
ddi_intr_hilevel - indicate interrupt handler type
 SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>


int ddi_intr_hilevel(dev_info_t *dip, uint_t inumber);


 INTERFACE LEVEL

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI). This interface is obsolete. Use the new
interrupt interfaces referenced in Intro(9F). Refer to Writing Device
Drivers for more information.
 PARAMETERS
dip

Pointer to dev_info structure.


inumber

Interrupt number.


 DESCRIPTION

The ddi_intr_hilevel() function returns non-zero if the specified
interrupt is a "high level" interrupt.

High level interrupts must be handled without using system services that
manipulate thread or process states, because these interrupts are not blocked
by the scheduler.

In addition, high level interrupt handlers must take care to do a minimum of
work because they are not preemptable.

A typical high level interrupt handler would put data into a circular buffer
and schedule a soft interrupt by calling ddi_trigger_softintr(). The
circular buffer could be protected by using a mutex that was properly
initialized for the interrupt handler.

The ddi_intr_hilevel() function can be used before calling
ddi_add_intr() to decide which type of interrupt handler should be used.
Most device drivers are designed with the knowledge that the devices they
support will always generate low level interrupts, however some devices, for
example those using SBus or VME bus level 6 or 7 interrupts must use this test
because on some machines those interrupts are high level (above the scheduler
level) and on other machines they are not.
 RETURN VALUES
non-zero

indicates a high-level interrupt.


 CONTEXT

These functions can be called from useruser, interrupt, or kernel context.
 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Obsolete


 SEE ALSO

ddi_add_intr(9F), Intro(9F), mutex(9F)

Writing Device Drivers