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On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:20:28AM -0400, paul.cour1 at verizon.net wrote: > I am working on some IRQ handler code, and reading interrupt.h There is an expression "wrt" which I don't seem to be able > to decode into a meaningful word (from my vocabulary). "with respect to" Nathan > > 1. In the file interrupt.h there are some comments related to softirqs. Read this snippet and tell me what is inferred > by the reference to "wrt" ... > > Comments from interrupt.h > > * If this tasklet is already running on another CPU > * (or schedule is called > * from tasklet itself), it is rescheduled for later. > * Tasklet is strictly serialized wrt itself, but not <----here? > * wrt another tasklets. If client needs some intertask > * synchronization, he makes it with spinlocks. > * > */ > > > 2. Googling around, I find the same expression "wrt" > referenced as below. > BlockDev - You do (todo) > Open & Close - Mount & UnMount > request_handler > Loop thro the list of CURRENT requests > Merge clustered request (if you feel so) > Initiate DMA or so if any wrt device & Return <----- this line ???? > interrupt_handler > end_request > Call request_handler > > thanks > > paulc > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > --
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