MIT6.S081(9)-Interrupts
MIT6.S081(9)-Interrupts 6.S081 2020 Lecture 9: Interrupts Interrupts hardware wants attention now! e.g., pkt arrived, clock interrupt software must set aside current work and respond on RISC-V use same trap mechanism as for syscalls and exceptions new issues/complications: asynchronous interrupts running process interrupt handler may not run in context of process who caused interrupt concurrency devices and process run in parallel programming devices device can be difficult to program Where do...