handle_simple_irq(9)

handle_simple_irq9

Simple and software-decoded irqs.

Usage

void handle_simple_irq(struct irq_desc * desc);

Arguments

desc

the interrupt description structure for this irq

Overview

Simple interrupts are either sent from a demultiplexing interrupt handler or come from hardware, where no interrupt hardware control is necessary.

Note

The caller is expected to handle the ack, clear, mask and unmask issues if necessary.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

Authors

Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

Author.

Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.