linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: implement IRQ_WORK

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:00:23 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Lin Ming <mlin@...pku.edu.cn>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcus Granado <marcus.granado@...rix.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xen.org, Ben Guthro <ben@...hro.net>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: implement IRQ_WORK_VECTOR handler

> >> +static irqreturn_t xen_irq_work_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> >> +{
> >> +     irq_enter();
> >> +     inc_irq_stat(apic_irq_work_irqs);
> >> +     irq_work_run();
> >
> > I think this usually done the other way around:
> >
> > irq_work_run()
> > inc_irq_stat(apic_irq_work_irqs)
> >
> > Or is there an excellent reason for doing it this way?
> 
> Copy & paste from smp_irq_work_interrupt().
> But I think there is no much difference.
> 
> Anyway, I can change it if needed.

Please do. It looks at odds with the other usages in this file.
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