linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] irq fixes for 4.8

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Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 11:15:22 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] irq fixes for 4.8

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> Boris Brezillon (2):
>       genirq: Provide irq_gc_{lock_irqsave,unlock_irqrestore}() helpers

This seems somewhat questionable.

The non-irqsafe versions of these functions have specialized non-SMP
versions for them. The new ones don't.

I pulled it, because I think it's actually the old versions that are
garbage (the locking should become a no-op on UP regardless - except
for the preemption issue which I don't see why it wouldn't be real),
but I think this is inconsistent and should be fixed (or a comment
added about why it is ok).

              Linus