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How will the non-realtime code know that its interrupted and that it might be reading stale data?

April 26, 2017code Data interrupted non-realtime Reading stale

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How will the non-realtime code know that its interrupted and that it might be reading stale data?

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I should have clarified: the interrupt routine will not be modifying the data, only reading it. Thus the user-thread can safely assume that the data won’t be changed out from underneath its feet.