Dear all

I am doing some Linux kernel programming for my research project.

I need to record the timestamp (by using cpuid and rdtsc) when an interrupt handler (top half) is first invoked. Due to the time critical nature of the problem itself, I have to do the timestamping inside the interrupt handler itself (the first operation when the handler is called).

However, I understand that tasks that are not so time critical should be deferred to a tasklet function (bottom half) for processing because other interrupts are disabled in a (top-half) interrupt handler.

I am currently out of idea on how I can pass the timestamp information that I have obtained in the interrupt handler to the corresponding tasklet function. Would anyone please advise?

Thanks and Best Wishes!
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Hi -

If I'm understanding you correctly, then your interrupt handler would simply schedule your tasklet (initializing the tasklet's input data - the time stamp - before it starts).

Here's an example:
http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tut...k-queues/57758

'Hope that helps .. PSM

First of all, thanks a lot for your reply, paulsm4.

I am actually modifying the Madwifi driver, in which the tasklet is initialized in an separate function invoked when the driver module is first probed. The interrupt handler does not provide any data to the tasklet.

However, as you suggested in your previous reply, is it possible to initialize and pass data to a tasklet every time an interrupt happens (in the interrupt handler)?