Interrupt handling

Core feature of OS how efficiently load balancing between interrupts

The process on behalf of which an interrupt handler is executed must always stay in the TASK_RUNNING state so interrupt handlers cannot perform any blocking procedure such as I/O disk operations

Requirements

Kernel efficiency

Efficient handling of multiple I/Os

Kernel synchronization
Process Sync

Interrupt handler notion

Interrupt ReQuest

Interrupt Vector

Interrupt Class

Hardware Interrupt handler

Software interrupt handler

ISR

Interrupt Control

Interrupt handling

Requirements

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