linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] irq

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:08:00 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H.Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] irq_work

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:12:43AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 14:35 +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Something like this, but filled out with some arch code that does the
> > self-ipi and calls irq_work_run() should do.
> > 
> > No need to molest the softirq code, no need for limited vectors of any
> > kind.
> 
> Now, as far as my understanding goes, hard IRQ based solution is
> acceptable for everyone.
> 
> Ingo and Andi,
> 
> Do you agree?

Yes that's fine for me. The error handling issues can be solved in other
ways too.

-Andi
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