linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] synchronize

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Date:	Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:13:31 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] synchronize_irq needs a barrier


On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 08:06 +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote:

> 	/* Disable interrupts, DMA, and rest of the chip*/
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ1, 0);
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ2, 0);
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_MAIN_CTRL, 0);
	
> 	dev->insuspend = 1;
> 	synchronize_irq(pci_dev->irq);
> 
> 	/* ACK pending interrupts just in case*/
> 	saa_writel(SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT,saa_readl(SAA7134_IRQ_REPORT));
> 
> 	......
> This should be bullet-proof.

Hopefully :-)

Cheers,
Ben.


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