Module x86_64::instructions::interrupts

Available on crate feature instructions only.

Enabling and disabling interrupts

Functions

• are_enabled
  Returns whether interrupts are enabled.
• disable
  Disable interrupts.
• enable
  Enable interrupts.
• enable_and_hlt
  Atomically enable interrupts and put the CPU to sleep
• int3
  Cause a breakpoint exception by invoking the int3 instruction.
• software_interrupt^⚠asm_const
  Generate a software interrupt by invoking the int instruction.
• without_interrupts
  Run a closure with disabled interrupts.