Re: [lwip-users] Are sys_arch_protect/unprotect required to nest?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2021-11-15, Ajay Bhargav via lwip-users <lwip-users@nongnu.org> wrote:

> No, I am not assuming mutext required to be nested either.

but I thought sys_arch_protect/unprotect are required to nest?

> Infact my implementation had only simple lock unlock only. And as
> far as I know, lwip do not use nesting of lock, as its obvious that
> not all system support recursion.

> And lev is usually common return value of isr flags when disable_irq or
> enter_critical is called in most systems and is not a mandatory requirement
> either. Based on your implementation, You may simply return a 0 in protect
> and not use lev in unprotect at all.

So protect/unprotect are not required to nest?

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Grant