Ruben Jönsson wrote :

> Reading the port register,  modifying bits in the read value
> and writing back the modified value is an example of an non-
> atomic operation that can be interrupted.

Well, only if you as the programmer allows that to happen.
You can easily create non-interruptable "atomic" code blocks
by manipulating the Global Interrupt Enable flag bit...

Jan-Erik.
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