22.8.7 General Interrupt Mask

The AIC features a General Interrupt Mask bit (AIC_DCR.GMSK) to prevent interrupts from reaching the processor. Both the nIRQ and the nFIQ lines are driven to their inactive state if AIC_DCR.GMSK is set. However, this mask does not prevent waking up the processor if it has entered Idle mode. This function facilitates synchronizing the processor on a next event and, as soon as the event occurs, performs subsequent operations without having to handle an interrupt. It is strongly recommended to use this mask with caution.