+Interrupt service routines open the door for some very interesting bugs:
+\newline
+If an interrupt service routine changes variables which are accessed by
+ other functions these variables have to be declared
+\emph on
+volatile
+\emph default
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{volatile}
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+
+\layout Standard
+
+If the access to these variables is not
+\emph on
+atomic
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{atomic access}
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\emph default
+ (i.e.
+ the processor needs more than one instruction for the access and could
+ be interrupted while accessing the variable) the interrupt must be disabled
+ during the access to avoid inconsistent data.
+ Access to 16 or 32 bit variables is obviously not atomic on 8 bit CPUs
+ and should be protected by disabling interrupts.
+ You're not automatically on the safe side if you use 8 bit variables though.
+ We need an example here: f.e.
+ on the 8051 the harmless looking
+\begin_inset Quotes srd
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family typewriter
+flags\SpecialChar ~
+|=\SpecialChar ~
+0x80;
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes sld
+\end_inset
+
+ is not atomic if
+\family typewriter
+flags
+\family default
+ resides in xdata.
+ Setting
+\begin_inset Quotes srd
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family typewriter
+flags\SpecialChar ~
+|=\SpecialChar ~
+0x40;
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes sld
+\end_inset
+
+ from within an interrupt routine might get lost if the interrupt occurs
+ at the wrong time.
+
+\begin_inset Quotes sld
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family typewriter
+counter\SpecialChar ~
++=\SpecialChar ~
+8;
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes srd
+\end_inset
+
+ is not atomic on the 8051 even if
+\family typewriter
+counter
+\family default
+ is located in data memory.
+ Bugs like these are hard to reproduce and can cause a lot of trouble.
+
+\layout Standard
+
+The return address and the registers used in the interrupt service routine
+ are saved on the stack
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{stack}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ so there must be sufficient stack space.
+ If there isn't variables or registers (or even the return address itself)
+ will be corrupted.
+ This
+\emph on
+stack overflow
+\emph default
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{stack overflow}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ is most likely to happen if the interrupt occurs during the
+\begin_inset Quotes sld
+\end_inset
+
+deepest
+\begin_inset Quotes srd
+\end_inset
+
+ subroutine when the stack is already in use for f.e.
+ many return addresses.
+\layout Standard
+
+A special note here, int (16 bit) and long (32 bit) integer division
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Division}
+
+\end_inset
+
+, multiplication
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Multiplication}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ & modulus
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Modulus}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ and floating-point
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Floating point support}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ operations are implemented using external support routines developed in
+ ANSI-C.
+ If an interrupt service routine needs to do any of these operations then
+ the support routines (as mentioned in a following section) will have to
+ be recompiled using the
+\emph on
+ -
+\begin_inset ERT
+status Collapsed
+
+\layout Standard
+
+\backslash
+/
+\end_inset
+
+-stack-auto
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{-\/-stack-auto}
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\emph default
+ option and the source file will need to be compiled using the
+\emph on
+-
+\begin_inset ERT
+status Collapsed
+
+\layout Standard
+
+\backslash
+/
+\end_inset
+
+-int-long-reent
+\emph default
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{-\/-int-long-reent}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ compiler option.
+\layout Standard
+
+Calling other functions from an interrupt service routine is not recommended,
+ avoid it if possible.
+ Note that when some function is called from an interrupt service routine
+ it should be preceded by a #pragma\SpecialChar ~
+nooverlay
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \index{\#pragma nooverlay}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ if it is not reentrant.
+ Furthermore nonreentrant functions should not be called from the main program
+ while the interrupt service routine might be active.
+
+\newline
+
+\newline
+Also see section
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sub:Overlaying}
+
+\end_inset
+
+\SpecialChar ~
+about Overlaying and section
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sub:Functions-using-private-banks}
+
+\end_inset
+
+\SpecialChar ~
+about Functions using private register banks.
+\layout Subsection
+
+MCS51/DS390 Interrupt Service Routines
+\layout Standard
+