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If they need to wait in atomic context, they probably do.

e.g. for linux: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/timers/timers-howto...

ATOMIC CONTEXT: You must use the delay family of functions. These functions use the jiffie estimation of clock speed and will busy wait for enough loop cycles to achieve the desired delay




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