Interrupt mechanisms generally rely on an array of pointers to their handlers (I/O completion, timer event, program error, page fault, etc.). If the pages containing these pointers or the code that they invoke were pageable, interrupt-handling would become far more complex and time-consuming; particularly in the case of page fault interrupts.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Kutha Sulli Katha
Interrupt mechanisms generally rely on an array of pointers to their handlers (I/O completion, timer event, program error, page fault, etc.). If the pages containing these pointers or the code that they invoke were pageable, interrupt-handling would become far more complex and time-consuming; particularly in the case of page fault interrupts.
