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Some clarification on being reentrant.

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gmcgarry 2002-10-14 05:12:30 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: delay.9,v 1.2 2002/08/04 01:16:09 gmcgarry Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: delay.9,v 1.3 2002/10/14 05:12:30 gmcgarry Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ microseconds.
The delay is implemented as a machine loop, preventing events other than
interrupt handlers for unmasked interrupts to run.
.Fn DELAY
is safe to use in interrupt or process context.
is reentrant (doesn't modify any global kernel or machine state) and is
safe to use in interrupt or process context.
.Pp
For long delays,
.Xr tsleep 9