To provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing switching between an exception handler and normal processing, the information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a data processing unit operable to perform particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller operable to issue an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit operable to control the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line, the data processing unit includes a notification unit operable to notify, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information showing a current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue an interrupt request to execute an exception handler to the processor.