On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 10:45:23AM +1000, Nat Sloss wrote: > nop - f* instructions are not atomic....what will happen if nop is executed > and then the processor is interrupted (by say pressing a keystroke on the > keyboard) then after that interrupt has run the f* instruction is executed. > > How should this be handled?
Why do you think it would need any special handling as long as *the kernel* does not issue any f* instructions in between (which it won't do). Martin