ARM IRQ reenter question

[xu ray]

2008/9/2 Gene Smith <gds at chartertn.net>

> I have two IRQ exceptions: timer and ethernet. They are both handled by
> _ISR_Handler in irq_asm.S. When I look with jtag debugger, I see
> _ISR_Handler being called again while it is is progress (reentered) even
> though the IRQ disable bit in the CPSR is set (disabled == 1) according
> to gdb. Sometimes _ISR_Handler calls ethernet and sometimes timer, but I
> never see it actually return.
>
> Would this be expected with the CSPR set to 0x00000092 ?  I would think
> with IRQ disabled, _ISR_Handler would never be reentered.
>

It is true that when IRQ disabled, it should not re-enter ISR_Handler.


>
> The program runs fine as long as I don't hit a breakpoint. After I hit a
> breakpoint and try to step or eventually continue, the program always
> crashes. So, with this problem, my debugger is useless.


It seems that the debugger change the mechanism of ISR for ARM.


>
>
> Thanks,
> -gene
>
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Ray, Xu
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