If a particular driver is running( not the intr handler part) and at this time
an interrupt occurs. The handler has to be invoked now. Won't the preemption
cause race conditions/inconsistencies? Is any other mechanism used?
Pl correct me if I have not understood any part of this correctly
-sridhar
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