linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/47] Sparse irq rework

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Date:	Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:32:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/47] Sparse irq rework

On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On 10/08/2010 11:34 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> +	/* only handle fall out from setup_IO_APIC_irqs() */
> > 
> > What's the fallout ? And why are we coming here in the first place
> > when the irq is < 16 ?
> 
> setup_IO_APIC_irqs only handle apic_id == 0 or apic_id > 0 but irq < 16 via acpi override.
> 
> it seems IBM's system have apic_id == 1, and sci irq is using 30.
> 
> so at that time add that setup_IO_APIC_irq_extra() to workaround it.
> but it seems we set that two time when irq < 16.
> 
> > 
> >> +	if (!((apic_id > 0) && (irq > 16)))
> >> +		return;

I added this into the queue, but simplified it to 

  if (apic_id == 0 || irq < NR_IRQS_LEGACY)

Folded in the other fix and pushed out an updated tree.

Thanks,

	tglx
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