Linux - Difference between Fault Handlers and the Interrupt handlers.

Difference between Fault Handlers and the Interrupt handlers.

- Fault handlers can sleep, where as interrupt handlers cannot.
- The fault handler's sleep stage occurs by the memory fault which is in context of the process.
- Faults are detected and serviced by the processor after finishing the current instruction whereas interrupts are handled by the processor after finishing the current instruction.
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