spinlock with irq saved is the best choice in interrupt handler.

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

Question Posted / jagannath

Answer Posted / jagannath

spinlock with irq saved is the best choice in interrupt
handler.

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