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On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 01:33:39PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> You need to handle the pending softirqs. If you don't handle them
> immediately or in a deterministic say (like on IRQ exit) then they will
> be handled at a random point.

Yes.  Just like regular interrupts.