InterruptDisable()

Disable hardware interrupts

Synopsis:

#include <sys/neutrino.h>

void InterruptDisable( void );

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The InterruptDisable() function disables all hardware interrupts. You can call it from a thread or from an interrupt handler. Before calling this function:

The process must have the PROCMGR_AID_IO ability enabled. For more information, see procmgr_ability().
The calling thread must have obtained I/O privileges by calling:
```
ThreadCtl( _NTO_TCTL_IO, 0 );
```

If you don't do these things, the thread might SIGSEGV when it calls InterruptDisable().

Note: Any kernel call results in the re-enabling of interrupts, and many library routines are built on kernel calls. Masked interrupts aren't affected.

Reenable the interrupts by calling InterruptEnable().

CAUTION:

Since this function disables all hardware interrupts, take care to reenable them as quickly as possible. Failure to do so may result in increased interrupt latency and nonrealtime performance.

Use InterruptDisable() instead of an inline cli to ensure hardware portability with non-x86 CPUs.

Note:

Use InterruptLock() and InterruptUnlock() instead of InterruptDisable() and InterruptEnable(). The InterruptLock() and InterruptUnlock() functions perform the intended function on SMP hardware, and allow your interrupt thread to run on any processor in the system.

The InterruptDisable() function doesn't support nesting. If a specific thread calls this function once and then calls it again without having re-enabled hardware interrupts, the second call has no effect, and the first InterruptEnable() call after this point re-enables hardware interrupts.

Classification:

QNX Neutrino

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	Yes
Signal handler	Yes
Thread	Yes