linux-kernel - [PATCHv3 2/8] apic: use symbolic APIC_EOI

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:54 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, gleb@...hat.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCHv3 2/8] apic: use symbolic APIC_EOI_ACK

Use the symbol instead of hard-coded numbers,
now that the reason for the value is documented
where the constant is defined we don't need to
duplicate this explanation in code.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index d854101..a09e9ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -463,9 +463,7 @@ static inline void ack_APIC_irq(void)
 	 * ack_APIC_irq() actually gets compiled as a single instruction
 	 * ... yummie.
 	 */
-
-	/* Docs say use 0 for future compatibility */
-	apic_write(APIC_EOI, 0);
+	apic_write(APIC_EOI, APIC_EOI_ACK);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned default_get_apic_id(unsigned long x)
-- 
MST

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