2 .TH cli 9 "$Date:$" "Linux DDI" "Kernel Functions"
4 cli, sti \- disable/enable interrupts
6 .B #include <asm/system.h>
8 .BI "extern void cli()"
10 .BI "extern void sti()"
14 function causes interrupts to be blocked on the host, so that
15 following critical code may run uninterrupted. The
17 function enables interrupts again.
19 Although it is possible to use cli/sti pairs to protect critical code,
33 .IR "include/asm-*/system.h"
35 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
37 The i386 ancestry of the names can be slightly confusing.