We cannot sleep in interrupt context so semaphores and mutex can't be

Can we use semaphore or mutex or spin lock in interrupt
context in linux kernel ?

Question Posted / achilles

Answer Posted / achilles

We cannot sleep in interrupt context so semaphores and mutex
can't be used.
Spinlocks can be used for locking in interrupt context.

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