2 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/thread/disable_irq.py b/tests/thread/disable_irq.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f1ac74f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/thread/disable_irq.py
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+# Ensure that disabling IRQs creates mutual exclusion between threads
+# (also tests nesting of disable_irq across threads)
+import machine
+import time
+import _thread
+
+if not hasattr(machine, "disable_irq"):
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+count = 0
+thread_done = False
+
+
+def inc_count():
+    global count
+    a = machine.disable_irq()
+    try:
+        count += 1
+        i = 0
+        while i < 20:
+            b = machine.disable_irq()
+            try:
+                count += 1
+                count -= 1
+                i += 1
+            finally:
+                machine.enable_irq(b)
+    finally:
+        machine.enable_irq(a)
+
+
+def inc_count_multiple(times):
+    for _ in range(times):
+        inc_count()
+
+
+def thread_entry(inc_times):
+    global thread_done
+    inc_count_multiple(inc_times)
+    thread_done = True
+
+
+_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (1000,))
+inc_count_multiple(1000)
+
+time.sleep(1)
+
+print("count", count, thread_done)
+if count == 2000:
+    print("PASS")
diff --git a/tests/thread/disable_irq.py.exp b/tests/thread/disable_irq.py.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2174b91d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/thread/disable_irq.py.exp
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+count 2000 True
+PASS