RE: MIPS Interrupts.

["Kapoor, Pankaj" <pkapoor@telogy.com>]

> The nested interrupt call, do_IRQ(), may still try to call do_softirq()
but
> that it will return immediately as it discovers another instance of
do_softirq()
> is running.  No further nesting occurs as a result. 

How is this detected ? Is this the check of "softirq_pending(cpu)" in the
do_softirq() ?

Can we have a case as shown below :

1. Interrupt 1 is generated : Jump to general exception handler
(0x8000:0180)
2. Save the current context
3. Interrupt 1 is processed which schedules tasklet1 for execution.
        softirq_pending(cpu) = TASKLET_SOFTIRQ
4. Interrupts are reenabled.
5. do_softirq : Tasklet1 is executing & softirq_pending(cpu) = 0.
6. -------> Interrupt 2 is generated : Jump to general exception handler
(0x8000:0180)
                6a) Save the current context
                6b) Interrupt2 is processed which schedules tasklet2 for
execution. 
                        softirq_pending(cpu) = TASKLET_SOFTIRQ
                6c) Interrupts are reenabled.
                6d) do_softirq : Tasklet2 is executing &
softirq_pending(cpu) = 0.
                6e) ----> Interrupt3 is generated
                        .... and so on.
                .
                .
                .
                6f) Context is restored. Return from exception.
.
.
.
7. Context is restored. Return from exception.

Thanks. 
- Pankaj