Inter-processor interrupt
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title:
Inter-processor interrupt
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In computing, an inter-processor interrupt (IPI), also known as a shoulder tap, is a special type of interrupt by which one processor may interrupt another processor in a multiprocessor system if the interrupting processor requires action from the other processor. Actions that might be requested include:
- flushes of memory management unit caches, such as translation lookaside buffers, on other processors when memory mappings are changed by one processor;
- stopping when the system is being
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Type of interrupt signal sent between computer processors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-processor_interrupt
date created:
2005-11-30T05:29:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T20:54:25Z
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